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Fabrizzio Alejandro Peñafiel Mena
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023MENA04
Fabrizzio Alejandro Peñafiel Mena has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.23, set at Tabacundo Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Ecuador. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2023, he has put 658 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.40 in July 2023 to 7.23, a 63% improvement. Fabrizzio has entered 16 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 | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.23 | 9.16 | top 1.6% | 5 / 1,104 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 3.03 | top 3.9% | 16 / 686 | |
| Skewb | 2.79 | 6.18 | top 4.0% | 6 / 165 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.97 | 20.37 | top 4.4% | 6 / 243 | |
| 4×4 | 36.34 | 45.47 | top 8.0% | 14 / 272 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 7.65 | top 9.0% | 38 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.99 | 2:02.54 | top 35.4% | 35 / 108 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ecuador Nationals 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cuenca Open 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quito SúperCube 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Tabacundo Open 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tabacundo Open 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2024.
Competitions
- Ciudad Blanca Ibarra 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- UTN Open 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tabacundo Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cuenca Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UTN Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Quito SúperCube 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tabacundo Open 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cotacachi Cube 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ecuador Cubing 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cotacachi Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UTN Ibarra Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
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.
- Ronny Morocho — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 84 times
- Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
- Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.