People · Costa Rica
Byron Ortiz Rojas
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ROJA16
Byron Ortiz Rojas has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.04, set at Bekubes Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Costa Rica. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2017, he has put 222 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.01 in September 2017 to 10.04, a 23% improvement. Byron has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.04 | 12.32 | top 7.6% | 36 / 367 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.59 | 7.94 | top 10.8% | 25 / 225 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.79 | 1:07.53 | top 12.0% | 18 / 82 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 4.90 | top 13.1% | 45 / 307 | |
| 4×4 | 40.99 | 52.24 | top 13.3% | 26 / 130 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.57 | 23.20 | top 14.0% | 24 / 135 | |
| Skewb | 5.58 | 7.80 | top 22.6% | 40 / 133 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.52 | — | top 44.4% | 43 / 75 | |
| Square-1 | 37.10 | 49.94 | top 61.4% | 32 / 52 |
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
- 24 Mar 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Bekubes Open 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017First competition: Bekubes Costa Rica 2017. A 13.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gravilias Open 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Conta Cubes Cartago 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Bekubes Costa Rica 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 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.
- Sebastián Herrera Pomares — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Kyle McDonald Trejos — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Dagne Poveda — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.