People · Ecuador
María José Ortega Andrade
Pyraminx · top 4.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017ANDR07
María José Ortega Andrade has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at UTN Open 2026, puts her in the top 4.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Ecuador. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since February 2017, she has put 459 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 34.68 in February 2017 to 15.13, a 56% improvement. She has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.27 | 4.92 | top 4.6% | 10 / 394 | |
| 3×3 | 15.13 | 18.39 | top 24.9% | 282 / 1,104 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 5.88 | top 29.7% | 213 / 686 |
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 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.79 at UTN Ibarra Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Imbabura Open 2023.
- 30 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ibarra Open 2022.
- 2 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 29.38 at Imbabura Open 2017.
- 11 Feb 2017First competition: First Ecuador Open 2017. A 34.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ciudad Blanca Ibarra 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- UTN Open 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UTN Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Tabacundo Open 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- UTN Ibarra Open 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Cotacachi Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
- Ecuador Nationals 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UTN Ibarra Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Imbabura Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Ecuador Nationals 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ibarra UTN Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ibarra Open 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- UIO 2022 · 26 Feb 2022
- Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Ibarra Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019
- Ecuador Asciende 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- Sin Fronteras Championship 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ibarra Open 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tabacundo Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tulcan Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Imbabura Open 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- First Ecuador Open 2017 · 11 Feb 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 her.
- María del Cisne Ortega Andrade — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 34 times · head to head
- Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ronny Morocho — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as she improves.