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Alex Mayta Vargas

3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015VARG02

Alex Mayta Vargas has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.31, set at UNSA Speedcubing Summer 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 234th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2015, he has put 359 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.38 in April 2015 to 9.31, a 69% improvement. Alex has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.31
signature single · UNSA Speedcubing Summer 2026
359
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
3×39.3112.05
top 5.6%234 / 4,344
2×23.244.36
top 17.1%464 / 2,419
4×445.8349.72
top 19.3%252 / 844
3×3 one-handed20.1128.64
top 20.8%263 / 812
Skewb12.35
early days — 2 solves372 / 495

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

Mariano Melgar 2015: 30.38TCG & Friends Arequipa 2015: 20.85UCSM Supérate Open 2016: 15.22Game Pro Tour 2016: 13.77UNSA Speedcubing 2016: 11.90Salesianos Open 2018: 11.24TCG Summer Arequipa 2022: 13.14TCG Fall Arequipa 2022: 10.40Peru Nationals 2022: 11.63UNSA Speedcubing Primavera 2022: 12.05UNSA Speedcubing Otoño 2023: 10.15UNSA Speedcubing Pre-Nationals 2023: 9.74UNSA Speedcubing Otoño 2025: 11.50UNSA Speedcubing Summer 2026: 9.319.3130.3811 Apr 201528 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.