People · Costa Rica
Carlos Andres Gonzaga
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018GONZ11
Carlos Andres Gonzaga has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.74, set at Cubing Tibas 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Costa Rica. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2018, he has put 880 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.97 in March 2018 to 6.74, a 48% improvement. Carlos has entered 19 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 | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.74 | 8.92 | top 1.1% | 2 / 367 | |
| Megaminx | 43.55 | 52.80 | top 2.6% | 3 / 82 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.80 | 13.13 | top 2.7% | 2 / 135 | |
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 2.81 | top 3.1% | 8 / 307 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.28 | 5.04 | top 4.6% | 12 / 225 | |
| 4×4 | 35.82 | 41.61 | top 7.5% | 16 / 130 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.96 | 1:25.64 | top 15.3% | 14 / 75 | |
| Square-1 | 17.32 | 23.11 | top 21.7% | 11 / 52 | |
| Skewb | 5.60 | 7.86 | top 22.7% | 41 / 133 | |
| Clock | 13.83 | 15.60 | top 43.1% | 13 / 19 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 7 / 14 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:53.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 10 / 14 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Costa Rica Nationals 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at UH Cubing San José 2025.
- 1 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Costa Rican Championship 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Retro Mall San Pedro 2023.
- 6 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Universal San Jose 2022.
- 28 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022.
Competitions
- Cubithon San José 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Tibas 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Nationals 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- UH Cubing San José 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Gravilias Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Conta Cubes Cartago 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Grace Cubing Cedros 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Infinity Play Heredia 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Universal San Jose 2022 · 6 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- VID Cubing 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- San Pedro Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Heredia 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bekubes Gold 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 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.
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
- Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 114 times
- Sebastián Herrera Pomares — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 3.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.