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Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017CUES02

Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.74, set at Quito SúperCube 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Ecuador. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since September 2017, he has put 2,486 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.37 in September 2017 to 7.74, a 71% improvement. Luis has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.74
signature single · Quito SúperCube 2025
2,486
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
3×37.7411.08
top 2.4%13 / 1,104
2×21.853.46
top 3.9%16 / 686
Skewb3.024.88
top 5.1%9 / 165
Clock5.427.01
top 5.5%2 / 56
Pyraminx3.635.55
top 6.0%22 / 394
4×439.0344.33
top 11.0%24 / 272
3×3 blindfolded55.731:07.98
top 11.7%2 / 17
3×3 one-handed17.0121.97
top 12.6%26 / 243
Megaminx1:06.001:16.90
top 13.3%12 / 115
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 11 cubes · 46:55
top 13.7%2 / 4
5×51:22.591:28.17
top 21.2%19 / 108
Square-120.4130.47
top 28.9%6 / 36
6×62:37.852:48.05
top 29.6%11 / 42
7×74:13.214:32.86
top 35.4%10 / 33
4×4 blindfolded6:57.967:46.40
top 36.5%1 / 2
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves41.67
top 37.3%3 / 23
5×5 blindfolded19:15.00
top 57.2%1 / 2

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

Imbabura Open 2017: 26.37Tabacundo Open 2018: 16.86Ibarra Open 2018: 15.45Sin Fronteras Championship 2018: 15.14Ecuador Asciende 2018: 14.23Guayaquil Championship 2018: 14.79Sumak Kawsay 2019: 15.50Ecuador Nationals 2019: 12.14CIC Pasto Open 2019: 12.30Ibarra Open 2019: 11.63Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019: 14.49Quito Open 2022: 11.36UIO 2022: 10.82Ibarra Open 2022: 12.59Cuenca Open 2022: 11.90Ibarra UTN Open 2022: 11.76Ecuador Nationals 2022: 12.70Cuenca Cubing 2022: 11.69San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2022: 10.55Cuenca Open SDC 2023: 10.26Fundación de Cuenca Open 2023: 11.64Guayaco Open 2023: 11.61Imbabura Open 2023: 9.58UTN Ibarra Open 2023: 10.99Cuenca Cubea 2023: 9.09Ecuador Nationals 2023: 10.37Fundación de Cuenca Open 2024: 10.19San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2024: 9.99Pedro Moncayo Open 2024: 10.38Cotacachi Cube 2024: 10.06UTN Ibarra Open 2024: 10.06Ibarra Open 2024: 11.44Ecuador Nationals 2024: 11.3324 Horas El Tambo 2024: 13.21Sin Fronteras Lite Ecuador 2024: 11.08Imbabura Open 2025: 11.34Riobamba Open 2025: 10.82Quito SúperCube 2025: 7.74UTN Open 2025: 10.26Cuenca Open 2025: 9.85Ecuador Nationals 2025: 9.95UPEC Open 2025: 10.09Cuenca Open 2026: 11.39Tabacundo Open 2026: 9.70Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026: 9.99WCA South American Championship 2026: 10.78UTN Open 2026: 10.65Ciudad Blanca Ibarra 2026: 8.557.7426.372 Sep 20175 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.