People · Mexico
Carlos Alberto Hernández Montaño
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018MONT25
Carlos Alberto Hernández Montaño has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Mano Salada Mazatlán 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 186th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2018, he has put 554 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.01 in June 2018 to 2.59, a 14% improvement. Carlos has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 9.57 | top 3.7% | 186 / 4,263 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.03 | 6.06 | top 3.7% | 93 / 2,003 | |
| 4×4 | 31.75 | 34.22 | top 4.0% | 76 / 1,845 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.32 | 16.02 | top 4.9% | 74 / 1,672 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.18 | 1:10.37 | top 8.5% | 94 / 1,010 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 3.38 | top 9.8% | 364 / 3,018 | |
| 6×6 | 2:14.38 | 2:22.56 | top 17.6% | 90 / 510 | |
| 7×7 | 3:34.54 | 3:46.28 | top 21.4% | 100 / 472 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubo Azul Guadalajara 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Mano Salada Mazatlán 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025.
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at CICEJ Guadalajara 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Nayar Open 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Minerva Guadalajara 2023.
Competitions
- Minerva Zapopan 2026 · 1 May 2026
- CUAAD Huentitán Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minerva Zapopan 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubo Azul Guadalajara 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zapopan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mano Salada Mazatlán 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- SeaHorse Vallarta 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CUCEI Open 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CICEJ Guadalajara 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Nayar Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Minerva Guadalajara 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tunas Open 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Tonallan Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
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.
- Christian Yael Rivera Rivera — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Leonardo Sánchez Del Toro — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.