People · Mexico
Cuauhtémoc Velasco Xolalpa
3×3 one-handed · top 0.74% of 73,695 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019XOLA01
Cuauhtémoc Velasco Xolalpa has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Clocking Manía Coacalco 2025, puts him in the top 0.74% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Mexico. Until December 2012, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since February 2019, he has put 739 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.08 in February 2019 to 6.56, a 46% improvement. He 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 | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.49 | 12.47 | top 0.74% | 7 / 1,672 | |
| 3×3 | 6.56 | 9.09 | top 0.91% | 30 / 4,263 | |
| 4×4 | 34.75 | 41.20 | top 6.5% | 133 / 1,845 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.38 | top 7.5% | 274 / 3,018 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.36 | 1:10.97 | top 9.2% | 101 / 1,010 | |
| Square-1 | 12.25 | 16.29 | top 10.4% | 44 / 516 | |
| 7×7 | 3:28.67 | 3:44.19 | top 19.3% | 86 / 472 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.02 | 1:26.82 | top 20.5% | 235 / 1,042 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.66 | 2:34.26 | top 20.8% | 106 / 510 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.15 | 8.85 | top 21.1% | 525 / 2,003 | |
| Clock | 11.72 | 13.11 | top 33.6% | 241 / 652 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 46.67 | top 37.3% | 93 / 317 | |
| Skewb | 11.30 | 14.39 | top 62.4% | 802 / 1,157 |
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
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Clocking Manía Coacalco 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ágora Izcalli 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Yollotl Tlaxcala 2024.
- 14 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2023.
- 15 Sep 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Tlaxcala 2023.
Competitions
- Clocking Manía Coacalco 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ágora Izcalli 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Yollotl Tlaxcala 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Pony Open Morelia 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Texcoco Open X 2024 · 7 Sep 2024
- Skewbragón México 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aragón Treasure 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 1 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Vasconcubos 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Jojutla Morelos 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Cube Inn CDMX 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- IZcube 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Tlaxcala 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Fénix México 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Quetzal Cubing 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Conde Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 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.
- Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Salma Sydykov Méndez — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.