People · Mexico
Juan Manuel Rivera Olvera
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023OLVE01
Juan Manuel Rivera Olvera has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.22, set at Mexican Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 278th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, he has put 128 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.54 in March 2023 to 9.22, a 32% improvement. Juan 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 | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 10.78 | top 5.4% | 278 / 4,263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.25 | 19.50 | top 13.2% | 245 / 1,672 | |
| 4×4 | 45.60 | 52.38 | top 19.1% | 420 / 1,845 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:00.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 226 / 251 |
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
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.35 at Rubí Guanajuato 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubí Guanajuato 2025.
- 18 Mar 2023First competition: Big Tunas 2023. A 13.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubí Guanajuato 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Liga SLP Jornada Rojo 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubí Guanajuato 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023
- Cronos Querétaro 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Big Tunas 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
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.
- César Abraham Briones Arreola — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Favio Rubén Olvera Vega — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eduardo Rafael Mendiola Rosas — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.