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Ariel Vacacela

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018VACA02

Ariel Vacacela has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at The Last Game EC 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Ecuador. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2018, he has put 874 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.58 in March 2019 to 9.08, a 28% improvement. Ariel has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.61
signature single · The Last Game EC 2024
874
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
2×21.613.28
top 2.6%6 / 686
4×432.2739.91
top 4.4%5 / 272
Pyraminx3.385.29
top 5.0%14 / 394
3×39.0810.60
top 5.1%34 / 1,104
Skewb3.496.76
top 7.7%15 / 165
5×51:08.911:14.62
top 10.9%5 / 108
3×3 one-handed17.3421.96
top 13.4%30 / 243
Megaminx1:12.291:21.73
top 17.0%22 / 115
7×73:34.113:53.62
top 21.2%5 / 33
6×62:22.502:23.20
top 21.8%6 / 42
Square-123.0035.54
top 34.7%9 / 36
Clock13.3315.78
top 41.0%18 / 56

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

Sumak Kawsay 2019: 12.58Ecuador Cubing 2024: 10.14San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2024: 9.78Pedro Moncayo Open 2024: 10.54Quito Free 2024: 9.68Vacaciones Cuenca Open 2024: 10.70Ambato Open 2024: 11.29Sin Fronteras Lite Ecuador 2024: 10.63The Last Game EC 2024: 9.95Imbabura Open 2025: 10.26Speedcube Cuenca 2025: 9.84Tabacundo Open 2025: 10.53Quito SúperCube 2025: 9.08UTN Open 2025: 10.14Ecuador Nationals 2025: 9.53Biblián Open 2025: 9.26UPEC Open 2025: 10.13Tabacundo Open 2026: 9.959.0812.5816 Mar 201928 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.