People · United States
Alex Aguayo
2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022AGUA01
Alex Aguayo has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Commerce City Cup 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 793rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since February 2022, he has put 2,201 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.52 in February 2022 to 7.75, a 56% improvement. Alex has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.46 | 2.42 | top 2.0% | 793 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 10.48 | top 2.4% | 1,378 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 4.08 | 5.71 | top 2.5% | 211 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.73 | 4.84 | top 2.8% | 747 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.12 | 5.67 | top 5.6% | 868 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 11.50 | 15.56 | top 8.8% | 631 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 42.80 | 48.97 | top 15.5% | 2,340 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.76 | 22.39 | top 17.1% | 2,211 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.89 | 1:43.92 | top 25.6% | 2,000 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.79 | 1:37.01 | top 26.1% | 1,802 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 51.00 | top 33.6% | 738 / 2,040 | |
| 6×6 | 3:25.14 | 3:43.55 | top 52.8% | 1,995 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:38.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,315 / 2,092 | |
| 7×7 | 6:02.17 | 6:37.96 | top 68.3% | 2,076 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 4 cubes · 17:53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 693 / 731 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mountaineer Madness 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Centennial State Cube-Off 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023.
- 12 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at High Plains Solving 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bundle Up Broomfield 2023.
- 8 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Colorado Trifecta 2023.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Commerce City Cup 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Golden Touch 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
- Back to School Colorado 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Colorado Springs Showdown 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024 · 10 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Denver 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Spring Madness Colorado 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Oredigger Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Barely Awake Boulder 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Holidays Colorado 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mountaineer Madness 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Centennial State Cube-Off 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FoCo Cubing 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing In Creek 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Brain Freeze 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- High Plains Solving 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bundle Up Broomfield 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Colorado Trifecta 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- LoCo Cubing PM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Loveland Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in The Springs 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- CO Solving in Fall for All 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pueblo Puzzling 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Mile High Please Be Quiet 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Slopeside Solving 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Colorado 2022 · 28 May 2022
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Good Morning 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2022 · 12 Feb 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.
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 437 rounds, finished ahead 115 times
- Raymos Castillo — met in 399 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
- Kaemon Vita — met in 378 rounds, finished ahead 115 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.