People · Peru
Derek Arteaga Leon
2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025LEON12
Derek Arteaga Leon has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Trujillo Cubing Fest 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2025, he has put 75 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.01 in July 2025 to 1.81, a 40% improvement. Derek has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 5.14 | top 3.6% | 83 / 2,419 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.70 | 10.07 | top 25.4% | 390 / 1,366 | |
| 3×3 | 18.19 | 20.83 | top 34.7% | 1,607 / 4,344 | |
| Skewb | 8.92 | 9.61 | top 47.9% | 286 / 495 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 681 / 844 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.22 at Trujillo Cubing Fest 2025.
- 20 Jul 2025First competition: Trujillo Open 2025. A 20.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Trujillo Open 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Trujillo Cubing Fest 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Trujillo Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025
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.
- Miguel Ángel Sánchez Nunura — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adriano Fabian Paima Guzmán — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jorge Rodrigo Salazar Sánchez — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.