Ruvalcava is from Mexico City[1] but trains, lives and represented León, Guanajuato[2][3] before moving to the Dominican Republic.

[4] He confessed that he was inspired by Mexican diver and Olympic medalist Fernando Platas and his mother, who used to run marathons.

[5] In the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Ruvalcaba participated in the 3 metre springboard and he finished in the 17th position scoring 374.55 in the semifinals.

[11] Ruvalcaba won the Elite National Championship silver medal in synchronized 3 metre springboard with Rommel Pacheco.

[13] Competing in the FINA/Midea Diving World Series with Rommel Pacheco as his partner, they ranked fourth in the synchronized 10 metre platform with 426.90.

[21] He won the bronze meal with Rommel Pacheco in the synchronized 3 metre platform at the FINA Grand Prix of Montreal, Canada.

[25] During the FINA Grand Prix of Madrid, Spain, he won the bronze medal in the synchronized 3 metre platform with Carlos Moreno, scoring 371.01.

[29] He also won with Balleza the bronze medal in the FINA Grand Prix of Rostock, Germany, the second of their European tour with a total of 402.03 points.

[39] During the Winter National Championships, Ruvalcaba secured a place in the national team that would travel to represent his home country in three different stages of the FINA Grand Prix after winning the gold medal in the 10 metre platform and the synchronized 3 metre springboard with Carlos Moreno.

[40] These winning helped him envisioned the fulfillment of his Olympic dream through qualifying at the Kazan World Championships later this year.

[40] At the FINA Grand Prix of Rostock, Germany, he performed with Digo Balleza and won the synchronized 10 metre platform bronze medal with a 400.30 score.

[64] He confessed that the selection process disturbed him emotionally and psychologically and migrating to the Dominican Republic save him from depression.

[64] Admitted that the training facilities existing in his welcoming country were not as good as he previously had, but he valued even more his peace and happiness.

He achieved his dream of making it to Olympics when he secured a spot for his performance in the Men's 3 m springboard, when he qualified to the semifinals among the best 14 athletes.