People · Chile
Benjamín Vargas
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016VARG06
Benjamín Vargas has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Santiago UV de Otoño 2018, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in Chile. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2016, he has put 389 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.13 in April 2016 to 10.09, a 63% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 15.42 | top 7.7% | 155 / 2,080 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 5.02 | top 14.2% | 174 / 1,303 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 7.79 | top 17.2% | 113 / 871 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 7.04 | top 17.7% | 74 / 314 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.93 | 1:46.07 | top 30.6% | 91 / 196 | |
| 4×4 | 55.81 | 1:01.53 | top 31.7% | 226 / 562 | |
| Square-1 | 22.49 | 27.85 | top 33.5% | 69 / 176 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.05 | 29.95 | top 34.4% | 170 / 458 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.01 | — | early days — 1 solve | 175 / 223 |
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
- 14 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Santiago UV de Otoño 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Open La Florida 2017.
- 26 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Open La Florida 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017Three personal bests in one day at IN OPEN 2.0 2017.
- 3 Sep 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.16 at Sótero del Río 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016First competition: Instituto Nacional Open 2016. A 27.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Open Club El Dado 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Nacionales Chilenas 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Viña Christmas 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rancagua Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- UC al Cubo - Santiago 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubopía Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Colegio Arabe Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- Santiago UV de Otoño 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CCP 2018 · 3 Feb 2018
- Melipilla Open 2018 · 14 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Instituto Nacional Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Open La Florida 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- IN OPEN 2.0 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Florida 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Sótero del Río 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Instituto Nacional Open 2016 · 23 Apr 2016
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.
- Irenco Peña Henríquez — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Felipe Medel — met in 79 rounds, never finished ahead
- José Antonio Gaete — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.