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Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga

3×3 · top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017ARRE04

Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Guatemala 2024, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Guatemala. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since May 2017, he has put 1,534 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.44 in May 2017 to 5.68, a 54% improvement. Brian has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time
5.68
signature single · Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Guatemala 2024
1,534
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
3×35.687.95
top 0.32%1 / 1,226
4×425.3130.45
top 0.78%2 / 303
Pyraminx1.824.68
top 0.86%1 / 466
5×552.4256.61
top 2.5%2 / 151
Megaminx45.0853.19
top 3.1%4 / 134
2×21.942.98
top 4.4%14 / 717
6×61:45.811:56.64
top 5.7%1 / 56
3×3 one-handed14.6719.74
top 7.4%14 / 303
Skewb3.596.17
top 8.3%12 / 199
7×72:54.513:01.68
top 9.1%3 / 48
Square-119.3735.58
top 26.4%22 / 86
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves—
early days — 1 solve42 / 50
Clock37.36—
early days — 1 solve55 / 62

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

Villa Nueva Open 2017: 12.44Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017: 9.53IGA Rubik 2017: 10.30Big Bang Open 2018: 10.81San Lucas Open 2018: 9.92Nacionales Guatemala 2018: 10.07IGA 2018: 10.25Xela Open 2018: 8.33Los Próceres 2019: 9.52Big Bang Open 2019: 9.90Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019: 8.82Nacionales Guatemala 2019: 10.04GuateMaya Open 2019: 10.02Arkadia 2022: 7.17Eskala 2022: 8.68Pradera Express Villa Nueva 2024: 7.66Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Guatemala 2024: 5.68Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024: 8.04Nacionales Guatemala 2024: 6.58Caré Open 2025: 6.85Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.53La Cacería GT 2025: 7.52Desafío Rubik's Guatemala 2025: 7.26Nacionales Guatemala 2025: 7.78San Cristóbal 2026: 6.69La Cacería GT 2026: 7.82WCA South American Championship 2026: 7.51UVG Cubing 2026: 7.435.6812.4427 May 201720 Jun 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.