People · Mexico
José Carlos Cruz Aranda
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ARAN05
José Carlos Cruz Aranda has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.01, set at Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 252nd in Mexico. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2017, he has put 192 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.04 in August 2017 to 9.01, a 57% improvement. He 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 | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.01 | 14.35 | top 4.9% | 252 / 4,263 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.15 | top 7.4% | 270 / 3,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.92 | 8.05 | top 12.7% | 315 / 2,003 | |
| 4×4 | 42.09 | 48.77 | top 14.6% | 328 / 1,845 | |
| Skewb | 4.89 | 7.30 | top 17.3% | 266 / 1,157 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.84 | 1:45.40 | top 18.2% | 203 / 1,010 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.66 | 27.74 | top 25.1% | 433 / 1,672 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.50 | 1:38.01 | top 30.4% | 335 / 1,042 | |
| Square-1 | 22.96 | 30.35 | top 34.6% | 162 / 516 | |
| 6×6 | 4:00.28 | — | early days — 3 solves | 338 / 510 |
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
- 30 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at D Amicis Puebla 2024.
- 18 Nov 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.30 at Return Open 2017.
Competitions
- BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- D Amicis Puebla 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Return Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Weas México 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 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.
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gamaliel Jimenez Oropeza — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.