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Manuel Malvárez

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019MALV01

Manuel Malvárez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.80, set at Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Uruguay. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since May 2019, he has put 1,478 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.98 in May 2019 to 6.80, a 55% improvement. Manuel has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.80
signature single · Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024
1,478
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUruguay
3×36.808.60
top 1.1%6 / 515
3×3 one-handed10.3012.91
top 1.3%1 / 95
Skewb1.994.45
top 1.4%2 / 79
Pyraminx2.593.77
top 2.4%5 / 149
4×429.7733.32
top 2.7%5 / 103
Megaminx52.1659.19
top 6.1%4 / 43
5×51:01.131:06.20
top 6.1%4 / 56
2×22.262.97
top 6.7%18 / 276
Clock6.558.64
top 9.3%7 / 44
6×62:06.952:09.86
top 14.1%5 / 26
Square-114.2615.48
top 14.7%7 / 41
7×73:17.513:34.31
top 15.5%4 / 19
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves42.00
top 48.3%5 / 28

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

Nacionales Uruguayo 2019: 14.98Montevideo Palace 2019: 12.45Montevideo ReOpen 2021: 9.00Montevideo en Llamas 2021: 8.01Altavista NxN 2022: 7.87Montevideo Open 2022: 8.38FING Open 2022: 8.34Montevideo en Llamas 2022: 8.28Altavista Open 2023: 8.09Montevideo al Cubo 2023: 7.60Altavista NxN 2023: 7.68Evento al Qbo 2023: 7.48Montevideo Winter Open 2023: 8.28Nacionales Uruguayas 2023: 7.72Altavista Open 2024: 8.58Altavista Otoñal 2024: 8.02Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 6.80Fátima en Montevideo 2024: 7.6510th Anniversary Cervantes 2024: 8.67Nacionales Uruguayas 2024: 7.44Montevideo en Llamas 2024: 8.29Montevideo O'Clock 2025: 8.12Altavista Mind-blowing 2025: 8.38Claret Open Montevideo II 2026: 7.756.8014.9818 May 201916 May 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 0.80 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.