People · Bolivia
Alexander Enrique Mercado Blanco
Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025BLAN14
Alexander Enrique Mercado Blanco has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Kids Cubing IALA 2026, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Bolivia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2025, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.03 in December 2025 to 3.18, a 37% improvement. Alexander has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bolivia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.18 | 5.10 | top 4.3% | 24 / 938 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.61 | 1:29.19 | top 16.0% | 34 / 240 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 6.22 | top 17.8% | 203 / 1,269 | |
| 3×3 | 14.67 | 16.99 | top 23.3% | 404 / 2,776 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.60 | 45.89 | top 58.4% | 259 / 425 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at Kids Cubing IALA 2026.
- 12 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kids Cubing IALA 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025First competition: MYHM Bolivia Nationals 2025. A 18.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Welcome Back UPDS 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Kids Cubing IALA 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- MYHM Bolivia Nationals 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Pedro Josue Chambi Ventura — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kevin Gustavo Sebastián Flores Bazagoitia — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniel Yanapa — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 10.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.