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Rodrigo Alarcon Benito

3×3 one-handed · top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017BENI07

Rodrigo Alarcon Benito has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.98, set at Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Mexico. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2017, he has put 545 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.83 in November 2017 to 9.05, a 29% improvement. Rodrigo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time
10.98
signature single · Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024
545
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×3 one-handed10.9816.80
top 1.8%29 / 1,672
2×22.023.45
top 4.9%168 / 3,018
3×39.0510.74
top 5.0%258 / 4,263
4×438.6745.24
top 10.5%233 / 1,845
Pyraminx4.629.17
top 10.9%267 / 2,003
5×51:21.481:29.18
top 20.3%225 / 1,010
Megaminx1:31.971:39.65
top 29.5%327 / 1,042
6×62:45.152:56.35
top 33.5%176 / 510
7×74:36.154:53.12
top 43.2%203 / 472
Skewb8.6911.84
top 46.3%617 / 1,157
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 2 solves159 / 317
Square-138.501:05.29
top 63.5%314 / 516
Clock35.5859.54
top 90.2%579 / 652

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

Return Open 2017: 12.83Xalapeño Cube 2023: 11.74Mexican Championship 2023: 12.05Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 10.57D Amicis Puebla 2024: 11.48Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024: 10.94Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 11.06Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 10.41444 Puebla 2025: 10.46SMA Open 2025: 10.04Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025: 12.59Viva Veracruz 2025: 9.05Mexican Championship 2025: 10.59555 - Puebla 2026: 10.279.0512.8318 Nov 20171 May 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.