People · Colombia
David Alejandro Castillo Rivera
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024RIVE13
David Alejandro Castillo Rivera has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Desafío Rubik's Bogotá 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 393rd in Colombia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2024, he has put 141 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.36 in April 2024 to 10.78, a 76% improvement. David has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 13.13 | top 9.8% | 393 / 5,812 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.20 | 14.16 | top 21.5% | 465 / 2,395 | |
| 2×2 | 3.71 | 5.57 | top 22.8% | 754 / 3,615 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.75 | 2:22.42 | top 68.5% | 992 / 1,270 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 497 / 533 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,046 / 1,175 | |
| Square-1 | 1:41.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 306 / 317 |
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
- 20 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Avenida Chile XXI 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.52 at Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.80 at Villa del Rio al Cubo Bogotá 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Villa del Rio al Cubo Bogotá 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First competition: Tunal Bogotá 2024. A 44.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Avenida Chile XXX 2026 · 18 Jan 2026
- Desafío Rubik's Bogotá 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Avenida Chile XXI 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Avenida Chile XVIII 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile XV 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Trebolis El Porvenir Bogotá 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Villa del Rio al Cubo Bogotá 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tunal Bogotá 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
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.
- Dennis Rosero — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Goossens Celis — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.