People · Mexico
Yael Eduardo Rivera Olvera
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023OLVE02
Yael Eduardo Rivera Olvera has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.40, set at Rubí Guanajuato 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 304th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 78 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.39 in March 2023 to 9.40, a 24% improvement. Yael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.40 | 10.63 | top 5.8% | 304 / 4,263 | |
| 4×4 | 49.67 | 57.49 | top 24.3% | 544 / 1,845 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:55.09 | — | top 51.1% | 101 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,206 / 1,672 |
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
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubí Guanajuato 2025.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Cronos Querétaro 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First competition: Big Tunas 2023. A 12.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubí Guanajuato 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Liga SLP Jornada Rojo 2024 · 1 Dec 2024
- Don't DNF Querétaro 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Rubí Guanajuato 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023
- Cronos Querétaro 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Big Tunas 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
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.
- César Abraham Briones Arreola — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Favio Rubén Olvera Vega — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eduardo Rafael Mendiola Rosas — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.