People · Venezuela
Rafael Rojas
Pyraminx · top 0.92% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019ROJA15
Rafael Rojas has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Restart Caracas 2026, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Venezuela. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2019, he has put 408 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.86 in November 2019 to 11.24, a 79% improvement. Rafael has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.86 | 3.54 | top 0.92% | 2 / 417 | |
| 3×3 | 11.24 | 14.42 | top 11.3% | 116 / 1,022 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 5.21 | top 20.5% | 108 / 565 | |
| 4×4 | 50.04 | 57.82 | top 24.9% | 67 / 267 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.27 | 27.85 | top 29.6% | 79 / 272 | |
| Clock | 12.63 | 14.70 | top 38.0% | 26 / 66 | |
| Skewb | 11.45 | 21.92 | top 63.3% | 92 / 156 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:44.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 30 / 30 | |
| Square-1 | 1:44.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 51 / 53 |
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
- 9 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Plaza Las Americas II CCS 2025.
- 24 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 14.91 at Venezuela Nationals 2023.
- 24 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.91 at Venezuela Nationals 2023.
- 24 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Venezuela Nationals 2023.
- 24 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Venezuela Nationals 2023.
- 30 Nov 2019First competition: Speed and Music Caracas 2019. A 53.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Road to Nats Maracay II 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Road to Nats Valencia 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Turn It Caracas 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Restart Caracas 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Venezuela Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Road to Nats Maracay 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Road to Nats Valencia 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Plaza Las Americas II CCS 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Unicentro Maracay 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Sambil Valencia 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Sambil Caracas 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Los Aviadores Aragua 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Venezuela Nationals 2023 · 24 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speed and Music Caracas 2019 · 30 Nov 2019
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.
- Fabián Villavicencio — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Rafael Antonio Sanchez — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Miguel González — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.