People · United States
Justin Alfaro
3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017ALFA02
Justin Alfaro has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.27, set at Oregon Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,553rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since February 2017, he has put 584 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.24 in September 2017 to 10.27, a 68% improvement. Justin has entered 30 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.27 | 13.62 | top 8.3% | 4,553 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 7.20 | top 13.4% | 3,482 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 4.50 | top 15.1% | 5,906 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.03 | 11.97 | top 25.9% | 4,225 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 53.13 | 1:01.99 | top 28.5% | 4,420 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.46 | 2:33.29 | top 43.9% | 3,199 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.60 | 2:02.99 | top 46.4% | 3,845 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:20.54 | 3:27.97 | top 50.8% | 1,909 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 17.85 | 23.83 | top 58.3% | 4,867 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.72 | 52.56 | top 58.6% | 8,179 / 15,683 |
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
- 13 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2024.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at SnoCo NxN 2022.
- 12 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2022.
- 20 Nov 2021Three personal bests in one day at SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021.
- 7 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.64 at Puget Sound NxNxN 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.87 at Rose City 2019.
Competitions
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Mill Creek 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Washington Championship 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New Kent On The Block 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SnoCo NxN 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Washington Championship 2020 · 24 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound NxNxN 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon State Favorites 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Summer 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Spring 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- West Seattle Favorites 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound NxNxN 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- SnoCo Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Valentine 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
- Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- Northwest Championships 2017 · 11 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017
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.
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 96 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ash Black — met in 88 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Siauw — met in 85 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.