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Rafael Ricardo Gómez Algarra

Pyraminx · top 2.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ALGA01

Rafael Ricardo Gómez Algarra has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Clock Masters Bogotá 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Colombia. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since November 2022, he has put 2,683 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.12 in November 2022 to 9.20, a 46% improvement. Rafael has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.1% of 129,321 all-time
2.44
signature single · Clock Masters Bogotá 2024
2,683
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
Pyraminx2.444.46
top 2.1%43 / 2,395
Clock4.155.86
top 2.6%11 / 435
Skewb2.635.45
top 3.4%40 / 1,065
3×39.2011.19
top 5.3%209 / 5,812
2×22.223.09
top 6.4%212 / 3,615
3×3 one-handed14.5617.27
top 7.2%69 / 1,175
Megaminx57.381:03.54
top 8.6%59 / 533
4×438.3243.75
top 10.1%121 / 1,270
5×51:11.721:22.14
top 12.9%67 / 506
Square-116.1821.59
top 19.0%58 / 317
7×73:50.714:20.66
top 27.4%59 / 182
6×62:33.712:40.68
top 27.5%64 / 232
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
top 55.5%78 / 155
3×3 blindfolded5:14.87—
early days — 3 solves99 / 129

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

Monterrey Cube 2022: 17.12Monterrey Bogotá 2023: 18.18Monterrey Bogotá III 2023: 12.84Anapoima 2023: 11.03Centro Mayor 2024: 11.85Monterrey Bogotá VII 2024: 12.11Regreso a Clases Cundinamarca 2024: 11.46Innova Schools Bogotá 2024: 13.58Innova Schools Mosquera 2024: 11.83Avenida Chile IX 2024: 12.23Festival Cubero Bogotá 2024: 13.30Avenida Chile X 2024: 12.85Tunal Bogotá 2024: 12.25Speedcubing Bogotá II 2024: 12.04Centro Comercial Panamá Bogotá 2024: 13.08Avenida Chile XI 2024: 12.82Clock Masters Bogotá 2024: 11.20Centro Suba Bogotá II 2024: 12.46Villa del Rio al Cubo Bogotá 2024: 9.97Nemocón Cundinamarca 2024: 11.81Avenida Chile XIV 2024: 10.72Trebolis El Porvenir Bogotá 2024: 11.57Galerías Bogotá 2024: 11.99Vibra Social Girardot Cundinamarca 2024: 13.37Centro Comercial Panamá Bogotá II 2024: 13.62Avenida Chile XV 2024: 13.25Santa Coloma Bogotá II 2024: 10.12Skewb Masters Bogotá 2024: 9.84Plaza Madero Chía 2024: 11.61Galerías Bogotá II 2024: 9.20Centro Suba Bogotá III 2024: 12.48Avenida Chile XVI 2024: 11.12Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 11.24Plaza Madero Chía II 2024: 11.74Meridiano Mosquera 2024: 11.94Bogotá No Duerme 2024: 11.13Avenida Chile XIX 2025: 11.18Anapoima II 2025: 11.32Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025: 11.08Plaza Madero Chía 4 2025: 13.07Edén Bogotá IV 2025: 12.21Bima al Cubo Bogotá 2025: 9.86Avenida Chile XXXIII 2026: 9.53WCA South American Championship 2026: 9.509.2018.1827 Nov 202212 Jun 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 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.