People · Paraguay
Carlos Benjamin Mereles Martinez
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MART73
Carlos Benjamin Mereles Martinez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at CCPA Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Paraguay. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2022, he has put 509 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.65 in March 2023 to 16.46, a 24% improvement. Carlos has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Paraguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.01 | 5.74 | top 3.7% | 3 / 111 | |
| Clock | 7.17 | 8.10 | top 11.6% | 1 / 23 | |
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 5.03 | top 13.6% | 31 / 200 | |
| 3×3 | 16.46 | 22.32 | top 29.3% | 86 / 345 | |
| Skewb | 7.01 | 9.71 | top 33.7% | 29 / 63 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.41 | 2:22.32 | top 49.8% | 19 / 46 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.95 | 41.08 | top 59.0% | 56 / 91 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at CCPA Open 2026.
- 12 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Paraguay Nationals 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Verano on Asunción 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.54 at Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Anguja Open SIL 2023.
Competitions
- CCPA Open 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- UCOM Paraguay 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Paraguay Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CSC Decimo Aniversario - FP UNA 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Grido Cubea Asunción 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- CCPA Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Superseis Cubea - Asunción 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Verano on Asunción 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Paraguay Nationals 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Grido Cubea Asunción 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Los Árboles Eventos 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Paraguay Nationals 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Anguja Open SIL 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Grido Cubea 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CCPA Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Quiero Fruta Cubing 2023 · 20 May 2023
- UCOM Paraguay 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- First Cubing UNIDA 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Paraguay Nationals 2022 · 29 Oct 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.
- Elias Miguel Acosta Acosta — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Kenji Julián Cáceres Matsumoto — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gustavo Riveiro — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.