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Jose Miguel Valdes Rodriguez
Pyraminx · top 0.17% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023RODR31
Jose Miguel Valdes Rodriguez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Victoria Dockyard Sprint 2026, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Canada. Until January 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,707 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.58 in April 2023 to 5.52, a 52% improvement. Jose has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.24 | 1.77 | top 0.17% | 4 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 5.52 | 7.16 | top 0.25% | 18 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 1.01 | 1.93 | top 0.58% | 35 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 25.35 | 27.79 | top 0.79% | 21 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 49.06 | 53.71 | top 1.5% | 16 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.69 | 13.29 | top 1.6% | 32 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 3.70 | 4.76 | top 1.8% | 14 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 1:35.30 | 1:41.05 | top 2.9% | 15 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 2:26.29 | 2:34.88 | top 3.2% | 13 / 503 | |
| Skewb | 2.58 | 4.41 | top 3.2% | 50 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 46.90 | 54.22 | top 3.8% | 28 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 11.51 | 16.56 | top 8.9% | 70 / 952 |
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
- 24 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Victoria Dockyard Sprint 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Fall 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Vancouver 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at PR Time in Burnaby 2025.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026
- Victoria Dockyard Sprint 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Mini Afternoon 2026 · 15 Mar 2026
- Burnaby Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Victoria Winter 2026 · 4 Jan 2026
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- PR Time in Burnaby 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bellingham Spring 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Vancouver Newcomers Afternoon 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall Fest 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Vancouver Pride 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing on Par A 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Kevin Lê — met in 245 rounds, finished ahead 161 times
- Peter Barnwell — met in 241 rounds, finished ahead 152 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 224 rounds, finished ahead 195 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.