People · Colombia
Jacobo Alvarez
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ALVA33
Jacobo Alvarez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2017, he has put 336 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.49 in December 2017 to 8.64, a 36% improvement. Jacobo has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.64 | 10.12 | top 4.0% | 144 / 5,812 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.96 | 15.75 | top 4.4% | 40 / 1,175 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 2.79 | top 5.2% | 171 / 3,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.79 | 5.66 | top 6.7% | 151 / 2,395 | |
| 4×4 | 38.47 | 42.41 | top 10.3% | 124 / 1,270 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.52 | 1:16.28 | top 12.4% | 86 / 533 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.11 | 1:31.74 | top 21.6% | 120 / 506 | |
| Skewb | 5.93 | 8.76 | top 25.2% | 293 / 1,065 | |
| 6×6 | 4:49.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 203 / 232 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Velitas Antioquia 2024.
- 23 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at El Carmen De Viboral 2019.
- 18 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Medellín Explora 2018.
- 18 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Medellín Explora 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Álzate Oficial 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First competition: Medellín Explora 2017. A 13.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Regreso a Clases Aves Maria 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Medellín Explora 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Velitas Antioquia 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bosque Plaza al Cubo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aves María El Renacimiento 2021 · 2 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcube Aves María 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- El Carmen De Viboral 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Medellín Explora 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Álzate Oficial 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Medellín Explora 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
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.
- Ale Restrepo — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Juan David Carmona Vásquez — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Diego Alejandro Casas Jimenez — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.