People · Spain
Álvaro Tovar Castro
Skewb · top 5.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016CAST22
Álvaro Tovar Castro has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Getafe Vuelve 2019, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in Spain. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2016, he has put 714 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.68 in May 2016 to 13.95, a 77% improvement. He has entered 23 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 | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.08 | 4.70 | top 5.4% | 163 / 1,685 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.93 | top 13.2% | 516 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 | 13.95 | 18.35 | top 20.8% | 846 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 9.38 | top 21.0% | 629 / 2,865 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.94 | 1:19.81 | top 49.7% | 782 / 1,762 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.05 | 46.80 | top 60.9% | 742 / 1,315 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.71 | 3:19.39 | top 64.3% | 485 / 863 | |
| Megaminx | 3:28.58 | — | top 83.2% | 620 / 874 | |
| 6×6 | 7:04.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 295 / 316 |
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
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at Parla Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Parla Open 2023.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kubekings Villanueva Open 2018.
- 1 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Bilbao Open 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at El Escorial Open 2018.
- 8 Dec 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.18 at Fuenlabrada Open 2017.
Competitions
- Margarita Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Parla Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- UPM Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- IndalOpen 2019 · 7 Sep 2019
- Bilbao Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019
- UCM Open 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Getafe Vuelve 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fuenlabrada Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Kubekings Villanueva Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2018 · 12 Oct 2018
- Arnold Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tembleque Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
- Bilbao Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- El Escorial Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Madrid Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Euskadi Open Portugalete 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuenlabrada Open 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- El Escorial Open 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Madrid Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Fuenlabrada Open 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- El Escorial Open 2016 · 28 May 2016
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.
- Javier Tovar Castro — met in 172 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Manuel Prieto de Antón — met in 153 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.