People · Mexico
Manuel Alejandro Torres Sotelo
4×4 · top 2.3% of 85,040 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025SOTE02
Manuel Alejandro Torres Sotelo has been competing for a year. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.00, set at ArquiCube Xalapa 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Mexico. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 126 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.16 in March 2025 to 8.15, an 11% improvement. Manuel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 29.00 | 34.83 | top 2.3% | 40 / 1,858 | |
| 3×3 | 8.15 | 10.42 | top 3.1% | 151 / 4,305 | |
| Megaminx | 50.72 | 54.49 | top 5.4% | 57 / 1,063 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.57 | 15.81 | top 7.3% | 130 / 1,685 | |
| 7×7 | 2:54.47 | 3:05.58 | top 9.1% | 38 / 476 | |
| Square-1 | 12.40 | 15.21 | top 10.7% | 48 / 525 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.60 | 8.14 | top 17.1% | 427 / 2,014 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 4.46 | top 20.5% | 778 / 3,043 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:28.42 | 2:51.77 | top 42.8% | 83 / 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
- 19 Sep 2026Seven personal bests in one day at ArquiCube Xalapa 2026.
- 8 Mar 2025First competition: Mega-Mente Puebla 2025. A 9.16 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Mega-Mente Puebla 2025.
Competitions
- ArquiCube Xalapa 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Mega-Mente Puebla 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests 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.
- Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shalem Birzavit Meneses Pérez — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.