People · Ecuador
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.74 | 11.08 | top 2.4% | 13 / 1,104 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 3.46 | top 3.9% | 16 / 686 | |
| Skewb | 3.02 | 4.88 | top 5.1% | 9 / 165 | |
| Clock | 5.42 | 7.01 | top 5.5% | 2 / 56 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.63 | 5.55 | top 6.0% | 22 / 394 | |
| 4×4 | 39.03 | 44.33 | top 11.0% | 24 / 272 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 55.73 | 1:07.98 | top 11.7% | 2 / 17 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.01 | 21.97 | top 12.6% | 26 / 243 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.00 | 1:16.90 | top 13.3% | 12 / 115 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 11 of 11 cubes · 46:55 | — | top 13.7% | 2 / 4 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.59 | 1:28.17 | top 21.2% | 19 / 108 | |
| Square-1 | 20.41 | 30.47 | top 28.9% | 6 / 36 | |
| 6×6 | 2:37.85 | 2:48.05 | top 29.6% | 11 / 42 | |
| 7×7 | 4:13.21 | 4:32.86 | top 35.4% | 10 / 33 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 6:57.96 | 7:46.40 | top 36.5% | 1 / 2 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 41.67 | top 37.3% | 3 / 23 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 19:15.00 | — | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ecuador Nationals 2025.
- 10 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Ecuador Nationals 2024.
- 1 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Ecuador Nationals 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cuenca Cubea 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Imbabura Open 2023.
- 26 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at Ecuador Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- Ciudad Blanca Ibarra 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UTN Open 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- WCA South American Championship 2026 · 12 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Tabacundo Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Cuenca Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- UPEC Open 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ecuador Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cuenca Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UTN Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quito SúperCube 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Riobamba Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Imbabura Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sin Fronteras Lite Ecuador 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- 24 Horas El Tambo 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2024 · 10 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Ibarra Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- UTN Ibarra Open 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Cotacachi Cube 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Pedro Moncayo Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fundación de Cuenca Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cuenca Cubea 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- UTN Ibarra Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Imbabura Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Guayaco Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Fundación de Cuenca Open 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Cuenca Open SDC 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cuenca Cubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Ibarra UTN Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cuenca Open 2022 · 21 May 2022
- Ibarra Open 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- UIO 2022 · 26 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Quito Open 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ibarra Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CIC Pasto Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Sumak Kawsay 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Guayaquil Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ecuador Asciende 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Sin Fronteras Championship 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Ibarra Open 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Tabacundo Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Imbabura Open 2017 · 2 Sep 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.
- Ronny Morocho — met in 258 rounds, finished ahead 245 times · head to head
- Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — met in 207 rounds, finished ahead 22 times · head to head
- Josué Ordóñez — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 79 times · head to head
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.