People · Spain
Alejandro Marín Rubio
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024RUBI07
Alejandro Marín Rubio has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Tafalla Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 219th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 259 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.10 in August 2024 to 9.25, a 29% improvement. Alejandro has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.25 | 11.49 | top 5.5% | 219 / 5,141 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 4.68 | top 19.0% | 732 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.82 | 9.31 | top 26.4% | 792 / 2,865 | |
| 4×4 | 55.61 | 59.47 | top 31.5% | 441 / 1,762 | |
| Skewb | 6.97 | 9.45 | top 33.4% | 687 / 1,685 | |
| Square-1 | 32.24 | 44.18 | top 53.7% | 290 / 604 | |
| 5×5 | 2:40.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 543 / 863 | |
| Megaminx | 2:52.42 | — | top 71.3% | 523 / 874 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Sarriguren Open 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tafalla Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Iruña Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Iruña Open 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Amore Amorebieta Open 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: Bilbao Open 2024. A 14.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sarriguren Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Portugalete Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tafalla Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Estella-Lizarra Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Iruña Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Logroño Open 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bilbao Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Aitor Ibañez Larrea — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- José Miguel Beguiristain — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.