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Gabriel Barrios

3×3 one-handed · top 0.61% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014BARR02

Gabriel Barrios has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.21, set at Big Bang Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.61% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Guatemala. Until November 2013, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since March 2014, he has put 2,389 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.08 in March 2014 to 7.23, an 86% improvement. Gabriel has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.61% of 73,695 all-time
9.21
signature single · Big Bang Open 2018
2,389
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
3×3 one-handed9.2114.06
top 0.61%2 / 303
3×3 blindfolded19.111:03.94
top 1.1%1 / 47
3×37.239.09
top 1.6%8 / 1,226
Pyraminx2.333.60
top 1.8%3 / 466
3×3 Multi-Blind33 of 39 cubes · 55:47—
top 1.9%1 / 16
4×431.1942.70
top 3.6%10 / 303
Skewb2.694.97
top 3.6%4 / 199
2×22.033.49
top 4.9%22 / 717
5×51:02.951:10.20
top 7.2%9 / 151
Megaminx57.181:04.92
top 8.5%15 / 134
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves42.33
top 9.9%2 / 50
6×62:00.632:08.95
top 11.2%5 / 56
4×4 blindfolded4:34.69—
top 18.4%2 / 5
7×73:27.843:59.93
top 19.0%8 / 48
Square-120.3323.85
top 28.7%23 / 86
Clock10.8613.20
top 29.4%14 / 62

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

GuateRubik 2014: 50.08Rubik Amati 2014: 17.56IGA Rubik 2014: 18.91GuateMaya Open 2014: 12.25GuateRubik 2015: 11.00Guatemala Cube Challenge 2015: 13.27Mazate Open 2016: 9.80IGA Rubik 2016: 10.66GuateMaya Open 2016: 9.13Villa Nueva Open 2017: 9.84Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017: 7.61Guatemala Championship 2017: 9.13GuateMaya Open 2017: 9.64Big Bang Open 2018: 9.24San Lucas Open 2018: 8.76Ixchel 2018: 8.41IGA 2018: 9.32Luna de Xelajú 2018: 10.08GuateMaya Open 2018: 7.80Los Próceres 2019: 9.49Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019: 9.50Big Bang Open 2019: 9.18Cubing Heredia 2019: 8.26Amatitlán 2019: 9.44Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019: 9.06Nacionales Guatemala 2019: 8.44Santa Ana Open 2022: 8.90Ixchel 2022: 9.10Cubing Party Xela 2022: 8.08Reto del Guaz 2022: 7.68Eskala 2022: 8.82El Palmar Cubing Fest 2022: 8.75Décimo Aniversario Guatemala 2023: 8.84Nacionales Guatemala 2023: 8.88Pradera Express Villa Nueva 2024: 8.40Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024: 8.83Verapaz Open 2026: 7.237.2350.0830 Mar 201429 Aug 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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 4.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.