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Carlos Jesús Vargas Vera

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021VERA01

Carlos Jesús Vargas Vera has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 250th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since October 2021, he has put 544 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.52 in October 2021 to 9.42, a 25% improvement. Carlos has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.42
signature single · PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025
544
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
3×39.4211.64
top 5.9%250 / 4,344
2×22.234.15
top 6.5%174 / 2,419
3×3 blindfolded1:57.762:58.21
top 32.7%43 / 134
3×3 one-handed27.9532.89
top 41.8%482 / 812

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

Speedcubers Elite Lima 2021: 12.52Lima Cuberano 2022: 13.85TCG Nueva Generación 2022: 13.57Real Cube 2022: 12.72TCG Power Up 2022: 11.09Lima Summer 2023: 11.78Speedcuber Peru I Lima 2023: 11.95Cube Force Lima 2023: 12.04Chiclayanos Independientes 2023: 12.33Lima Cubinvierno 2023: 11.83San Marcos Open 2023: 11.12La Tienda Cubera Fest 2023: 12.20Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023: 10.91Plaza Center Cube Lima II 2023: 12.11TCG Space Santa Anita 2023: 10.93Real Cube II Lima 2023: 11.30TCG Space II Santa Anita 2023: 11.47Speedcuber Peru II Lima 2023: 10.38Plaza Center Cube Lima IV 2024: 11.86Open PUCP 2024: 10.02Los Reyes del Cubo Chiclayo 2024: 9.81TCG Space lll Santa Anita 2024: 10.37Los Reyes del Cubo II Chiclayo 2024: 10.95Peru Nationals 2024: 10.85Plaza Center Cube Lima V 2025: 11.12Plaza Center Cube Lima VI 2025: 11.45Oso Cubing Fest II Lima 2025: 14.33PUCP Cubing Festival V 2025: 12.14Peru Nationals 2025: 10.64PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025: 9.429.4214.3330 Oct 20217 Dec 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.