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Jose Alejandro Merchan Garnica

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022GARN02

Jose Alejandro Merchan Garnica has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.96, set at Acrópolis Bucaramanga 2025, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 567th in Colombia. Across 7 competitions since November 2022, he has put 152 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.64 in November 2022 to 11.96, a 57% improvement. Jose has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.96
signature single · Acrópolis Bucaramanga 2025
152
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×311.9616.41
top 13.8%567 / 5,812
2×23.195.04
top 16.5%527 / 3,615
3×3 one-handed24.1329.23
top 31.8%333 / 1,175
Pyraminx8.8915.39
top 43.9%965 / 2,395
4×41:20.811:31.84
top 56.6%812 / 1,270
Skewb15.4421.91
top 79.7%810 / 1,065

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

Bucaramanga Cultural 2022: 27.64Aves María 2023: 18.19San Bernardo al Cubo 2023: 18.62El Puente San Gil 2023: 18.44Bucaramanga 2023: 17.84Regionales Santander 2023: 13.99Acrópolis Bucaramanga 2025: 11.9611.9627.6419 Nov 202215 Feb 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.