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Diego Barrera

Square-1 · top 1.5% of 25,662 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 25,662 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 18 competitions since February 2018, he has put 622 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.88 in February 2018 to 7.90, a 58% improvement. Diego has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 1.5% of 25,662 all-time
6.80
signature single · Viña Summer 2026
622
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
Square-16.809.83
top 1.5%2 / 176
3×37.9010.70
top 2.6%45 / 2,100
4×432.8635.13
top 4.9%35 / 563
5×51:06.771:16.20
top 9.6%27 / 225
7×72:59.193:11.99
top 10.5%12 / 76
3×3 one-handed16.4819.21
top 11.4%53 / 462
6×62:02.372:17.36
top 12.0%14 / 97
2×22.814.20
top 12.2%141 / 1,313
Megaminx1:05.011:09.15
top 12.7%37 / 196
Skewb4.378.63
top 13.6%56 / 316
Pyraminx5.808.04
top 18.6%128 / 872
Clock9.1911.03
top 20.9%29 / 102
3×3 blindfolded7:46.70—
early days — 1 solve57 / 59

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

CCP 2018: 18.88Colegio Arabe Open 2018: 13.78Los Ángeles Invierno 2018: 14.07UA Open 2018: 12.67CubiKonce 2019: 12.36Melipilla Open 2019: 13.16Cubopía Open 2020: 11.23Melipilla Open 2021: 9.66Chillan CDP 2022: 11.42Melipilla Open 2023: 11.56CubiKonce 2024: 10.44Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 10.03CubiKoronel 2025: 8.00Viña Winter Open 2025: 7.90Viña Summer 2026: 10.29CubiKonce 2026: 9.27Isla de Maipo Open 2026: 9.887.9018.883 Feb 201817 Oct 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-6 Square-1 single — 210 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.