People · Costa Rica
Josué Ávila Valerio
3×3 · top 9.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019VALE24
Josué Ávila Valerio has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at Gravilias Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Costa Rica. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2019, he has put 189 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.86 in December 2019 to 10.55, a 37% 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 | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 12.95 | top 9.2% | 45 / 374 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 5.23 | top 11.6% | 40 / 312 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.20 | 1:15.73 | top 12.5% | 14 / 77 | |
| 4×4 | 40.42 | 47.43 | top 12.7% | 26 / 132 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.45 | 33.65 | top 32.8% | 55 / 137 | |
| 7×7 | 4:44.85 | 4:54.19 | early days — 3 solves | 13 / 23 | |
| Skewb | 8.89 | 15.31 | top 47.8% | 72 / 135 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.75 | 3:26.24 | top 49.0% | 19 / 30 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.59 | 14.02 | top 49.8% | 121 / 229 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.83 at Retro Mall San Pedro 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Retro Mall San Pedro 2023.
- 7 Dec 2019First competition: Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019. A 18.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Days at SEK 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gravilias Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 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.
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dagne Poveda — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kyle McDonald Trejos — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.