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Rafael Alvarez

Skewb · top 4.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014ALVA10

Rafael Alvarez has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.79, set at Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Venezuela. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since September 2014, he has put 1,110 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.35 in September 2014 to 11.07, an 80% improvement. Rafael has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.0% of 73,281 all-time
2.79
signature single · Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024
1,110
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
Skewb2.795.76
top 4.0%7 / 151
2×22.494.18
top 8.8%49 / 550
Pyraminx4.577.19
top 10.6%49 / 410
3×311.0714.07
top 10.7%107 / 1,005
4×449.8558.68
top 24.5%61 / 258
5×51:27.491:43.89
top 25.3%28 / 112
3×3 one-handed27.1631.78
top 39.8%103 / 262
Clock15.8917.63
top 51.4%35 / 64
Megaminx2:12.492:50.63
top 52.5%67 / 115
6×63:39.253:49.37
top 58.4%24 / 44
7×76:16.826:42.12
top 71.5%23 / 36
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves58.00
top 76.8%29 / 44

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

Valencia Summer 2014: 56.35Los Andes 2014: 27.29Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2015: 25.03Festival Del Cubo Caracas 2015: 19.21Jueves Cúbico 2015: 15.46Venezuela Nationals 2015: 15.90Edward's Rubik Day 2016: 13.98ULA Rubiks 2016: 16.61Mango Rubiks 2016: 13.11Venezuela Nationals 2016: 12.98Capital Cube 2017: 12.87Edward's Rubiks Day 2017: 13.13Edward Calvo Summer Day 2018: 11.07Barquisimeto Open 2018: 13.53Cojedes Cubing 2018: 13.05Cojedes Cubing 2019: 13.17Venezuela Nationals 2023: 15.72Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2023: 13.54Los Aviadores Aragua 2024: 13.71Sambil Caracas 2024: 13.52Sambil Valencia 2024: 11.71Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024: 13.02Cubing in Unicentro Maracay 2024: 13.82Road to Nats Valencia 2025: 15.38Venezuela Nationals 2025: 16.13WCA South American Championship 2026: 15.83Road to Nats San Carlos 2026: 11.90Road to Nats Valencia 2026: 15.3411.0756.3527 Sep 201430 Aug 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.