People · Mexico
Josué Vela Martinez
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025VELA18
Josué Vela Martinez has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at Caminos de Guanajuato - León 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 57 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.99 in August 2025 to 8.34, a 17% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 10.61 | top 3.4% | 166 / 4,263 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 56.11 | 1:20.20 | top 11.8% | 24 / 251 | |
| 4×4 | 44.35 | 55.01 | top 17.5% | 386 / 1,845 | |
| 2×2 | 3.55 | 5.12 | top 20.8% | 775 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.52 | 25.73 | top 21.9% | 391 / 1,672 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.90 | 17.34 | top 77.4% | 1,644 / 2,003 | |
| Megaminx | 3:16.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 832 / 1,042 | |
| 6×6 | 7:06.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 491 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Aug 2025First competition: Xidoo 2025. A 10.53 3×3 single to start from.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Xidoo 2025.
Competitions
- Caminos de Guanajuato - Salamanca 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Caminos de Guanajuato - León 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xidoo 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Braulio Axel Barroso García — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Alvaro Perez Posas — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Joaquin Infante Medrano — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 6.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.