People · Mexico
Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas
3×3 blindfolded · top 3.0% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008CASI01
Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 25.32, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Mexico. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since December 2008, he has put 766 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.63 in December 2008 to 9.66, a 42% improvement. Gabriel has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 blindfolded | 25.32 | 45.24 | top 3.0% | 6 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.51 | 18.08 | top 5.3% | 88 / 1,672 | |
| 3×3 | 9.66 | 11.48 | top 6.5% | 345 / 4,263 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 18 of 19 cubes · 59:01 | — | top 7.0% | 2 / 87 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.53 | top 13.3% | 522 / 3,018 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 4:08.43 | 6:09.39 | top 15.6% | 9 / 38 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.64 | 14.31 | top 17.4% | 429 / 2,003 | |
| 4×4 | 49.55 | 54.56 | top 24.2% | 536 / 1,845 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 13:00.00 | 17:14.00 | top 33.2% | 6 / 19 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.30 | 1:54.75 | top 40.7% | 455 / 1,010 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.85 | 2:05.50 | top 43.1% | 493 / 1,042 | |
| Square-1 | 36.04 | 48.57 | top 60.0% | 291 / 516 | |
| 6×6 | 4:01.89 | 4:08.92 | top 66.0% | 343 / 510 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 47.00 | top 68.6% | 192 / 317 | |
| 7×7 | 6:07.54 | 6:19.47 | top 69.6% | 318 / 472 | |
| Clock | 25.73 | 30.18 | top 78.0% | 518 / 652 | |
| Skewb | 16.01 | 22.40 | top 81.4% | 988 / 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
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pitic Open 2025.
- 25 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tutuli 2024.
- 15 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Speedcube Baja Open 2022.
- 7 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Pitic Open 2020.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Rocky Point Open 2019.
- 4 Apr 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Clásico 2015.
Competitions
- Pitic Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cascabel Hermosillo 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tutuli 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pitic Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pitic Open 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Speedcube Baja Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pitic Open 2020 · 7 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Open del Mayo 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Point Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Gotirubik Fest 2016 · 26 Mar 2016
- Clásico 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Fénix 2014 · 29 Mar 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Kuikuiltik 2012 · 31 Mar 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Tulancingo Open 2010 · 11 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Guadalajara Open 2010 · 24 Jul 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Puebla Open 2009 · 11 Jul 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Mexican Open 2008 · 20 Dec 2008 — 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.
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Azael Toysehua — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Omar López Olivares — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 20 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.