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Axel Matias López Gutiérrez

Square-1 · top 2.5% of 25,272 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019GUTI14

Axel Matias López Gutiérrez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.59, set at WCA South American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Colombia. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since June 2019, he has put 817 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.04 in June 2019 to 9.46, a 72% improvement. Axel has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 2.5% of 25,272 all-time
7.59
signature single · WCA South American Championship 2026
817
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
Square-17.5910.23
top 2.5%2 / 317
3×39.4611.02
top 6.0%227 / 5,812
2×22.284.55
top 6.9%225 / 3,615
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves35.33
top 8.0%8 / 155
Megaminx57.411:08.54
top 8.6%61 / 533
3×3 one-handed15.6717.96
top 9.5%94 / 1,175
4×444.9353.10
top 18.2%247 / 1,270
Pyraminx5.927.74
top 19.4%422 / 2,395
Clock10.1013.64
top 25.6%113 / 435
Skewb6.138.92
top 26.7%305 / 1,065
5×51:48.402:05.06
top 41.5%248 / 506
3×3 blindfolded6:24.44—
early days — 1 solve112 / 129

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

Prenacionales 2019: 34.04Nacionales Colombia 2023: 15.18Sum of Ranks Bogotá 2023: 12.68Arauquita Cubing 2024: 12.76Tenjo Open 2024: 12.06Avenida Chile IX 2024: 13.56Yopal Open 2024: 11.70Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 12.29Speedcubing Bucaramanga 2025: 11.26Regionales Santander 2025: 11.18Cajasan Lagos Open 2025: 9.59MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 11.16Nada Que Ver Bucaramanga 2026: 11.21San Gil Cubing 2026: 10.33Road To SAC Santander 2026: 10.10WCA South American Championship 2026: 9.93Delacuesta PRs 2026: 9.469.4634.0416 Jun 201917 Aug 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-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.