People · Costa Rica
Joel Barboza Picado
3×3 · top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PICA02
Joel Barboza Picado has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.96, set at Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023, puts him in the top 20.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in Costa Rica. Across 5 competitions since July 2023, he has put 105 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Joel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.96 | 16.10 | top 20.8% | 95 / 367 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 4.81 | top 28.4% | 107 / 307 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.92 | 13.88 | top 35.5% | 85 / 225 | |
| Square-1 | 23.59 | 28.84 | top 36.0% | 16 / 52 | |
| Skewb | 11.68 | 22.18 | top 64.4% | 103 / 133 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 121 / 130 |
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
- 1 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Costa Rican Championship 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023. A 13.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Conta Cubes Cartago 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcomers Costa Rica 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
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.
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andres Sanchez Ponce — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastián Herrera Pomares — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.