People · El Salvador
Jose Atilio Aguilar Acosta
2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016ACOS06
Jose Atilio Aguilar Acosta has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in El Salvador. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2016, he has put 356 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.42 in September 2016 to 12.61, a 35% improvement. Jose has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 4.34 | top 8.9% | 16 / 248 | |
| 3×3 | 12.61 | 14.96 | top 16.1% | 53 / 351 | |
| 4×4 | 53.55 | 1:01.42 | top 29.0% | 31 / 100 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.63 | 11.04 | top 33.1% | 48 / 161 | |
| Skewb | 9.20 | 13.58 | top 49.8% | 35 / 73 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.99 | — | top 52.2% | 24 / 35 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.16 | 44.17 | top 53.7% | 49 / 98 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.68 | 2:30.99 | top 59.1% | 27 / 58 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 59 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 15 / 16 |
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
- 29 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at CONIA Internacional 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Santa Ana Open 2018.
- 1 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017.
- 10 Sep 2016First competition: Tecla Rubik 2016. A 23.35 3×3 single to start from.
- 10 Sep 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.42 at Tecla Rubik 2016.
Competitions
- Credisa Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024
- Reto del Guaz 2022 · 21 May 2022
- Happy Cubing Acton Fall 2021 · 27 Nov 2021
- Happy Cubing Acton 2021 · 27 Jun 2021
- Sucursal Del Cielo 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CONIA Internacional 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Silencio Total 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
- Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing El Salvador 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Americas 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Tecla Rubik 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Tecla Rubik 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- José Enrique Jiménez — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Joel Hernández — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.