People · Panama
Arturo Andrés Buckley Nieto
Square-1 · top 5.9% of 25,662 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022NIET02
Arturo Andrés Buckley Nieto has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at Road to Nats: El Dorado 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Panama. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2022, he has put 295 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.93 in December 2022 to 15.67, a 40% improvement. Arturo has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Panama | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 9.90 | 15.10 | top 5.9% | 1 / 17 | |
| Skewb | 4.34 | 8.94 | top 13.3% | 13 / 68 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.88 | top 14.0% | 25 / 192 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.92 | 10.97 | top 19.4% | 24 / 110 | |
| 3×3 | 15.67 | 19.49 | top 26.8% | 83 / 283 | |
| Clock | 11.40 | 16.38 | top 32.0% | 11 / 40 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.31 | — | top 58.2% | 33 / 42 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.68 | 46.50 | top 66.3% | 58 / 80 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.75 | — | top 68.6% | 60 / 71 | |
| 6×6 | 5:28.38 | — | early days — 3 solves | 17 / 17 | |
| 7×7 | 8:19.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13 / 14 | |
| 5×5 | 3:50.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 37 / 38 |
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
- 8 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at Panama Nationals 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dolphin Cup ISP 2024.
- 16 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Panama Nationals 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Día de Reyes Chiriquí 2024.
- 11 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.69 at Panama Nationals 2023.
- 11 Aug 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Panama Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Road to Nats: El Dorado 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Panama Nationals 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Beyond the Cube PTY 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dolphin Cup ISP 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Panamá 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Panama Nationals 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Desafío 50 Años Altaplaza 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Skewb Wins Panamá 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Día de Reyes Chiriquí 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Panama Nationals 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Panama Nationals 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
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.
- Egdar Castillo — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Gustavo Ross — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Juan David Pérez — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.