People · Costa Rica
José Gabriel Madrigal
Square-1 · top 8.8% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MADR04
José Gabriel Madrigal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.47, set at Costa Rica Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Costa Rica. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2023, he has put 250 official solves on the record across six 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 27.64 in April 2023 to 11.40, a 59% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 11.47 | 15.35 | top 8.8% | 8 / 52 | |
| 3×3 | 11.40 | 15.27 | top 11.8% | 51 / 367 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 4.46 | top 15.1% | 51 / 307 | |
| Skewb | 5.33 | 8.83 | top 20.7% | 36 / 133 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.60 | 14.46 | top 57.6% | 136 / 225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.15 | 51.08 | top 66.9% | 107 / 135 |
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 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Costa Rica Nationals 2025.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at VID Cubing Hatillo 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.10 at Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024.
- 29 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.86 at Infinity Play Heredia 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First competition: VID Cubing 2023. A 27.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Costa Rica Nationals 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gravilias Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- VID Cubing Hatillo 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Newcomers Costa Rica 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Grace Cubing Cedros 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Infinity Play Heredia 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- VID Cubing 2023 · 29 Apr 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 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sebastián Herrera Pomares — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Andres Sanchez Ponce — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.