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Ivan Ruiz

3×3 · top 3.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020RUIZ01

Ivan Ruiz has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.13, set at UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,755th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since February 2020, he has put 809 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.61 in February 2020 to 8.13, a 72% improvement. Ivan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 288,433 all-time
8.13
signature single · UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026
809
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.1310.00
top 3.0%1,755 / 60,666
2×21.942.51
top 4.4%1,772 / 41,674
Skewb3.326.56
top 6.7%1,052 / 19,164
Square-112.0317.99
top 10.0%710 / 6,846
Pyraminx4.528.91
top 10.3%2,744 / 29,168
Clock6.948.84
top 10.6%838 / 9,172
Megaminx1:08.511:12.54
top 14.8%1,026 / 8,026
4×444.9653.09
top 18.3%2,812 / 19,354
5×51:44.401:58.78
top 38.7%3,152 / 9,537
3×3 one-handed27.2034.25
top 40.0%5,401 / 15,900
6×64:51.365:35.75
early days — 3 solves3,246 / 4,262

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

Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020: 28.61Arkansolve 2023: 11.87Twisters in Tulsa 2023: 11.91DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 11.40Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023: 12.57Oklahoma Fall 2023: 9.57OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024: 10.17Oklahoma Afternoon Twist 2024: 11.21CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 8.94OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024: 10.90Welcome Back Tulsa 2025: 11.04Oklahoma Championship 2025: 10.90OKC Unorthodox Blocks 2025: 10.71Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025: 8.76Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026: 9.46Oklahoma Championship 2026: 9.84GAN Southern Championship 2026: 9.25UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026: 8.138.1328.611 Feb 202017 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Jake Maddox — met in 145 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Ryan Pilat — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Casey Ngo — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 12 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.