People · Venezuela
Richard Andrés Ortega Araque
3×3 · top 59.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025ARAQ01
Richard Andrés Ortega Araque has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.28, set at Road to Nats Mérida 2026, puts him in the top 59.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 591st in Venezuela. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.82 in August 2025 to 28.28, a 51% improvement. Richard has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 28.28 | 33.55 | top 59.5% | 591 / 1,022 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.91 | 20.05 | top 72.5% | 302 / 417 | |
| 2×2 | 9.21 | 15.61 | top 74.5% | 427 / 565 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:47.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 261 / 272 |
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
- 18 Oct 2026First sub-30 3×3: 28.28 at Road to Nats Mérida 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Fest Mérida 2026.
- 16 Aug 2025First competition: Cubeando en Mérida 2025. A 57.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Road to Nats Mérida 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Fest Mérida 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubo Nevado Mérida 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubeando en Mérida 2025 · 16 Aug 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.
- Hildebrando Barrera — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lago Ezequiel Terán Paredes — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrés González — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 3.28 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 87,967 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.