People · Peru
Jose Joaquín Machuca Avalos
Pyraminx · top 2.6% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025AVAL03
Jose Joaquín Machuca Avalos has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Peru. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2025, he has put 230 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.55 in May 2025 to 2.66, a 65% improvement. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.66 | 3.94 | top 2.6% | 39 / 1,371 | |
| 2×2 | 1.91 | 4.06 | top 4.2% | 102 / 2,429 | |
| Skewb | 3.47 | 5.80 | top 7.6% | 61 / 497 | |
| 3×3 | 11.55 | 13.12 | top 12.4% | 557 / 4,362 | |
| Clock | 17.12 | 19.18 | top 55.9% | 105 / 139 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 804 / 850 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026.
- 7 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025.
- 7 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025.
- 29 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Peru Nationals 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at PUCP Cubing Festival V 2025.
- 31 May 2025First competition: Oso Cubing Fest II Lima 2025. A 19.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Peru Nationals 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- PUCP Cubing Festival V 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Oso Cubing Fest II Lima 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 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.
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alonzo Sanchez Arica — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.