People · Chile
Diego Barrera
Square-1 · top 1.5% of 25,272 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018BARR03
Diego Barrera has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.80, set at Viña Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Chile. Until April 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2018, he has put 601 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.88 in February 2018 to 7.90, a 58% improvement. Diego has entered 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 6.80 | 9.83 | top 1.5% | 2 / 176 | |
| 3×3 | 7.90 | 10.70 | top 2.6% | 45 / 2,080 | |
| 4×4 | 32.86 | 35.13 | top 4.9% | 34 / 562 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.77 | 1:16.20 | top 9.5% | 26 / 223 | |
| 7×7 | 2:59.19 | 3:11.99 | top 10.4% | 12 / 76 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.48 | 19.21 | top 11.3% | 53 / 458 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.37 | 2:17.36 | top 11.9% | 14 / 97 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 4.20 | top 12.1% | 139 / 1,303 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.01 | 1:09.15 | top 12.7% | 37 / 196 | |
| Skewb | 4.37 | 8.63 | top 13.5% | 55 / 314 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.80 | 8.04 | top 18.5% | 128 / 871 | |
| Clock | 9.19 | 11.03 | top 21.0% | 29 / 101 |
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
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubiKonce 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Viña Winter Open 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubiKoronel 2025.
- 28 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at Chillan CDP 2022.
- 4 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Melipilla Open 2021.
- 4 Dec 2021Five personal bests in one day at Melipilla Open 2021.
Competitions
- CubiKonce 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Viña Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Viña Winter Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Gimnasio de la Mente Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubiKoronel 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubiKonce 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Melipilla Open 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chillan CDP 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Melipilla Open 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubopía Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Melipilla Open 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubiKonce 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- UA Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Los Ángeles Invierno 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- Colegio Arabe Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CCP 2018 · 3 Feb 2018
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.
- Felipe Medel — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Maximiliano Perez Madrid — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Jose Basaes — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.