People · Peru
Jose Fernando Cárdenas Frías
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024FRIA06
Jose Fernando Cárdenas Frías has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at PUCP Cubing Festival lll 2024, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 142nd in Peru. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2024, he has put 103 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Jose has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 10.31 | top 3.8% | 142 / 4,344 | |
| 2×2 | 2.88 | 3.49 | top 12.9% | 346 / 2,419 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.47 | 1:26.22 | top 16.6% | 118 / 372 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.06 | 25.17 | top 20.6% | 261 / 812 | |
| 6×6 | 3:24.02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 106 / 145 |
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
- 2 Nov 2024First competition: PUCP Cubing Festival lll 2024. A 10.99 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.53 at PUCP Cubing Festival lll 2024.
Competitions
- PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025
- PUCP Cubing Festival IV 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- TCG Space lV Santa Anita 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Peru Nationals 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- PUCP Cubing Festival lll 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 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.
- Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alonzo Sanchez Arica — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.