People · Spain
Alejandro Jiménez Hernández
3×3 blindfolded · top 1.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022HERN16
Alejandro Jiménez Hernández has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 20.43, set at Lazarillo Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Spain. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2022, he has put 492 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in July 2022 to 8.25, a 48% improvement. Alejandro has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 20.43 | 30.14 | top 1.5% | 3 / 273 | |
| 3×3 | 8.25 | 10.43 | top 3.2% | 136 / 5,141 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 4.56 | top 9.6% | 381 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.63 | 22.89 | top 16.8% | 179 / 1,315 | |
| Clock | 9.77 | 11.51 | top 24.0% | 193 / 876 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:38.51 | — | early days — 1 solve | 30 / 57 | |
| Square-1 | 39.88 | 48.53 | top 65.2% | 350 / 604 | |
| 4×4 | 2:07.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,361 / 1,762 | |
| Skewb | 18.21 | 21.62 | top 86.6% | 1,368 / 1,685 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Baztan Open 2024.
- 29 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lazarillo Open 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.13 at X-Madrid Open 2023.
- 30 Jul 2022First competition: Lazarillo Open 2022. A 15.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Camino de Santiago Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Palencia con P de Pyraminx 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Spanish Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- El Tormes Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- León Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UC3M Leganés Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024
- El Tormes Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Lazarillo Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Baztan Open 2024 · 28 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- NxN Tormes Open 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Margarita Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Lazarillo Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Samuel María Liñares — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Jorge Rodón Leiva — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Josete Sánchez — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.