People · United Kingdom
Alex Rivera-Montanes
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017RIVE18
Alex Rivera-Montanes has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.31, set at Kewbz UK Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 274th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2017, he has put 212 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.55 in October 2017 to 8.31, a 34% improvement. Alex has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.31 | 10.21 | top 3.4% | 274 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 36.63 | 40.45 | top 8.3% | 196 / 2,071 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 3.70 | top 9.4% | 619 / 4,895 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.61 | 1:17.85 | top 15.8% | 210 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.84 | 22.92 | top 20.1% | 383 / 1,851 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 7.96 | top 23.7% | 928 / 3,656 | |
| Clock | 11.08 | 14.29 | top 30.5% | 403 / 1,232 | |
| Skewb | 7.26 | 10.01 | top 35.7% | 846 / 2,421 | |
| Square-1 | 28.88 | 38.81 | top 47.3% | 424 / 778 |
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 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 27 Oct 2017First competition: UK Championship 2017. A 13.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 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.
- Billie Hammill — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- James Alonso — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Glib Vedmid — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.