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Rafael Molina

2×2 · top 43.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024MOLI13

Rafael Molina has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.31, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025, puts him in the top 43.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,376th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2024, he has put 108 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.36 in June 2024 to 24.52, a 29% improvement. Rafael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 43.1% of 186,767 all-time
5.31
signature single · CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.318.68
top 43.1%17,376 / 40,951
3×324.5234.36
top 51.5%30,094 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.8211.96
top 51.6%15,008 / 28,708
Clock23.5928.20
top 73.8%6,412 / 8,927
Skewb13.8920.58
top 74.3%14,049 / 18,907
4×42:12.18
top 86.6%16,381 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:05.75
top 87.1%13,203 / 15,683
Megaminx4:10.11
early days — 1 solve7,362 / 7,841
Square-11:29.90
early days — 1 solve6,468 / 6,743

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

CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 34.36FSUbers 7.0 2024: 26.06CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 24.52FSUbers 10.0 2025: 31.44Gulf Shores 2025: 31.93FSUbers 11.0 2026: 28.9924.5234.3628 Jun 20247 Mar 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.