People · United States
Luca Joel Alvarado Duarte
3×3 · top 16.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024DUAR08
Luca Joel Alvarado Duarte has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.70, set at Houston Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,786th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2024, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.16 in October 2024 to 12.70, a 37% improvement. Luca 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.70 | 14.15 | top 16.4% | 8,786 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.07 | 5.10 | top 27.4% | 10,817 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.37 | 1:10.64 | top 42.2% | 6,927 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.75 | 10.87 | top 42.7% | 12,224 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,386 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.34 | 1:02.96 | top 78.8% | 11,603 / 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
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Houston Back to School 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.24 at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First competition: DFW Cubing Fall 2024. A 21.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 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.
- Ignacio Montilla — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Legend Ramay — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Spradley — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.