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Axel Elias Espinoza Ribera

3×3 · top 0.98% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ESPI01

Axel Elias Espinoza Ribera has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.65, set at Viña Cubing Fest 2022, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Bolivia. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,286 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.29 in January 2016 to 6.65, a 70% improvement. Axel has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.98% of 284,439 all-time
6.65
signature single · Viña Cubing Fest 2022
1,286
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBolivia
3×36.658.87
top 0.98%10 / 2,776
2×22.084.15
top 5.3%54 / 1,269
3×3 one-handed14.4117.48
top 6.9%25 / 425
Pyraminx5.0511.36
top 13.5%103 / 938
4×441.4846.01
top 13.9%70 / 504
Megaminx1:20.021:29.77
top 21.8%54 / 240

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

Rubikeros Open 2016: 22.29Yo Rubik 2016: 12.41Santa Cruz Rubik's Challenge 2017: 10.08Santa Cruz Winter 2017: 11.31Speed in Colors 2018: 11.95Speed Challenge Santa Cruz 2019: 14.13New Challenge Santa Cruz 2019: 10.50Unifranz Santa Cruz 2019: 9.05Cube Party Santa Cruz 2019: 9.66Villa Rosita 2020: 9.50New Beginning Santa Cruz 2021: 8.69Fast Kids Santa Cruz 2022: 7.99R&Cubers La Paz 2022: 8.63Sunset Cubing Santa Cruz 2022: 9.44Santa Cruz NxN 2022: 7.68Viña Cubing Fest 2022: 6.65Ekeko Cubing 2023: 8.40Diablo Cubing Oruro 2023: 8.18Lismeneta Open 2023: 8.54Viña Cubing Fest II 2023: 9.05De La Sierra Cubing 2023: 8.00Bolivia Nationals 2023: 8.56Rio Nuevo Welcome 2023: 7.80SCZ Speedcubing Party 2023: 8.32Don Bosco Cubing 2023: 7.96Viña Cubing Fest III 2023: 8.19Bolivia Cubing Tour - SCZ 2024: 8.48Cubing Coffee Santa Cruz 2024: 8.78Solar Open Mini B Santa Cruz 2024: 8.76Unifranz SCZ 2024: 7.24Viña Cubing Fest IV SC 2024: 8.74Cubing Coffee Spring SC 2024: 8.44Bolivia Nationals 2024: 9.13NUR Cubing Stars SC 2025: 9.96Santa Cruz Open 10 Years 2025: 7.20Cubing School SCZ 2025: 9.55Unicen Open SCZ 2025: 7.88USIP Race CBBA 2025: 8.42Santa Cruz NxN 2025: 7.82Viña Cubing Fest V SC 2025: 7.83Cuñape Open SCZ 2026: 7.78El Solar Valentine's Day SC 2026: 8.30Unicen Open SCZ 2026: 9.736.6522.2929 Jan 201628 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.