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Joana Itzel Barreto López

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019LOPE35

Joana Itzel Barreto López has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.12, set at Mexican Championship 2023, puts her in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 410th in Mexico. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2019, she has put 689 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in October 2019 to 10.12, a 26% improvement. Joana has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.12
signature single · Mexican Championship 2023
689
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×310.1211.52
top 7.8%410 / 4,263
4×436.6044.24
top 8.3%175 / 1,845
2×22.463.46
top 8.5%310 / 3,018
3×3 one-handed16.0920.12
top 10.4%176 / 1,672
Megaminx1:01.911:13.83
top 11.0%123 / 1,042
Skewb4.335.60
top 13.2%212 / 1,157
Pyraminx5.638.05
top 17.3%426 / 2,003
5×51:20.381:36.49
top 19.4%215 / 1,010
Clock9.2911.91
top 21.5%167 / 652
3×3 blindfolded1:29.632:51.70
top 23.0%39 / 251
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves45.33
top 26.7%51 / 317
Square-121.2432.26
top 30.8%141 / 516
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 56:50—
top 40.2%29 / 87
6×63:46.27—
early days — 2 solves310 / 510
7×75:44.21—
early days — 3 solves290 / 472

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

Reto Chignahuapan 2019: 13.72IZcube 2023: 11.39Bajío Open 2023: 12.03Mexican Championship 2023: 10.12Rubí Guanajuato 2024: 11.46Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 10.17Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025: 10.42Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.26Naucalli Ce 2025: 10.20La Clock-de-Fonds 2025: 10.44Swiss Science Open 2025: 11.69Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 11.64Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 10.4210.1213.7212 Oct 20196 Dec 2025

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.60 away.

Targets move as she improves.