People · El Salvador
Carlos Jose Trigueros Rivas
Megaminx · top 6.7% of 34,786 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015RIVA05
Carlos Jose Trigueros Rivas has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 53.43, set at Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in El Salvador. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2015, he has put 229 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.66 in December 2015 to 11.32, a 39% improvement. Carlos has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 53.43 | 57.36 | top 6.7% | 2 / 35 | |
| 3×3 | 11.32 | 13.01 | top 11.5% | 32 / 351 | |
| 4×4 | 46.06 | 55.49 | top 19.6% | 15 / 100 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.47 | 34.62 | top 45.4% | 39 / 98 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.06 | — | top 52.4% | 23 / 58 | |
| 2×2 | 8.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 177 / 248 | |
| 6×6 | 4:58.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 19 / 22 |
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 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at CONIA Internacional 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at CONIA Internacional 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Santa Ana Open 2018.
- 20 Dec 2015First competition: Sivar Open 2015. A 19.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2023 · 11 Aug 2023
- Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022 · 14 Aug 2022
- Cubing Cafetalon Recargado 2020 · 13 Dec 2020
- Nacionales El Salvador 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sucursal Del Cielo 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
- Tecla Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CONIA Internacional 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing El Salvador 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Sivar Open 2015 · 20 Dec 2015 — 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.
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- David Gálvez — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Joel Hernández — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 3.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.