People · Ecuador
Gabriel Santiago Vela Carangui
3×3 · top 24.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025CARA02
Gabriel Santiago Vela Carangui has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.91, set at Tabacundo Open 2026, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 270th in Ecuador. Across 6 competitions since July 2025, he has put 104 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.67 in July 2025 to 14.91, a 42% improvement. Gabriel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 14.91 | 17.74 | top 24.1% | 270 / 1,104 | |
| 2×2 | 5.11 | 6.13 | top 40.7% | 295 / 686 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.46 | 1:29.92 | top 42.3% | 159 / 272 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.16 | 39.63 | top 57.5% | 162 / 243 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.71 | 12.52 | top 58.4% | 224 / 394 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Tabacundo Open 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Tabacundo Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.64 at Cuenca Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cuenca Open 2026.
- 5 Jul 2025First competition: Quito SúperCube 2025. A 25.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tabacundo Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cuenca Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- UTN Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quito SúperCube 2025 · 5 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.
- Ronny Morocho — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.