People · El Salvador
Alvaro Samuel Castillo Flores
2×2 · top 10.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015FLOR17
Alvaro Samuel Castillo Flores has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.68, set at Happy Cubing Acton 2021, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in El Salvador. Across 21 competitions since December 2015, he has put 518 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.97 in December 2015 to 11.72, a 44% improvement. Alvaro has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.88 | top 10.7% | 20 / 248 | |
| 3×3 | 11.72 | 13.61 | top 12.9% | 35 / 351 | |
| Clock | 9.42 | 10.66 | top 22.1% | 3 / 23 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.76 | 9.92 | top 25.9% | 39 / 161 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.68 | 34.67 | top 36.0% | 26 / 98 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.51 | 1:12.07 | top 41.2% | 42 / 100 | |
| Skewb | 10.88 | 19.87 | top 60.2% | 42 / 73 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 10 / 16 | |
| 6×6 | 6:30.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 22 / 22 | |
| Square-1 | 2:35.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 19 / 20 |
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 Apr 2021Three personal bests in one day at Santa Tecla NxN 2021.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at CONIA Internacional 2018.
- 10 Sep 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.90 at Tecla Rubik 2016.
- 10 Sep 2016Six personal bests in one day at Tecla Rubik 2016.
- 20 Dec 2015First competition: Sivar Open 2015. A 20.97 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Sivar Open 2015.
Competitions
- Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024 · 30 Jun 2024
- Nacionales El Salvador 2023 · 11 Aug 2023
- Acton Cubing 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
- El CUBO Tour San Miguel 2022 · 11 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- El CUBO Tour Zacamil 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022 · 14 Aug 2022
- Happy Cubing Acton Fall 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Cubing Acton 2021 · 27 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Tecla NxN 2021 · 25 Apr 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Cafetalon Recargado 2020 · 13 Dec 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Copa Lamatepec 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tecla Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CONIA Internacional 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018 · 21 Jan 2018
- Tecla Rubik 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tecla Rubik 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Sivar Open 2015 · 20 Dec 2015 — 3 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.
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- José Enrique Jiménez — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Joel Hernández — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.