People · United States
Rafael Alchanaa
2×2 · top 3.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ALCH01
Rafael Alchanaa has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,267th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 179 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.60 in March 2025 to 11.46, a 38% improvement. Rafael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 2.53 | top 3.2% | 1,267 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 7.20 | 9.04 | top 11.6% | 911 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 11.46 | 13.86 | top 12.1% | 6,582 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.77 | 8.50 | top 18.3% | 4,959 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.89 | 7.16 | top 25.0% | 4,090 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.67 | 31.60 | top 33.4% | 4,442 / 15,900 |
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
- 25 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Elmsford Extravaganza III 2026.
- 4 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.49 at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 4 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 16 Mar 2025First competition: Liberty Science Center Open B 2025. A 18.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Elmsford Extravaganza III 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fort Lee Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
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.
- Ryan Hughes — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuki Nagai — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.