People · Mexico
José Pablo Palma Becerril
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016BECE02
José Pablo Palma Becerril has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.58, set at Mexican Championship 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in Mexico. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 252 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.03 in April 2016 to 1.58, a 61% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.58 | 2.33 | top 2.5% | 85 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 12.59 | top 9.3% | 499 / 4,263 | |
| 4×4 | 41.16 | 48.76 | top 13.5% | 301 / 1,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.32 | 7.83 | top 22.4% | 563 / 2,003 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.52 | 24.64 | top 24.6% | 427 / 1,672 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 65 / 317 | |
| Skewb | 7.32 | 9.73 | top 36.1% | 504 / 1,157 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.92 | 2:32.59 | top 42.5% | 487 / 1,042 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.62 | 1:57.92 | top 43.0% | 484 / 1,010 | |
| 6×6 | 4:30.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 388 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Plata Open Taxco 2018.
- 10 Aug 2018Nine personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2018.
- 16 Apr 2016First competition: Rubik Expomagyc 2016. A 13.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SMA Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- NxN Tlaxcala 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Conde Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Plata Open Taxco 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Mexican Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Rubik Expomagyc 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 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.
- Daniel Guardado Cabral — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.