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Gilberto Martinez Perales

2×2 · top 7.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024PERA04

Gilberto Martinez Perales has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Aguascalientes Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 273rd in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2024, he has put 278 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.49 in September 2024 to 13.96, a 51% improvement. Gilberto has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.4% of 189,179 all-time
2.33
signature single · Aguascalientes Summer 2025
278
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×22.334.66
top 7.4%273 / 3,043
Pyraminx4.646.83
top 11.0%271 / 2,014
3×3 blindfolded53.901:09.30
top 11.2%22 / 251
3×313.9616.28
top 20.9%1,159 / 4,305
Megaminx1:28.421:53.11
top 27.3%310 / 1,063
4×4 blindfolded6:02.07—
early days — 3 solves13 / 40
4×454.751:05.62
top 30.5%691 / 1,858
Skewb6.8317.09
top 32.4%464 / 1,176
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 20:51—
early days — 3 solves24 / 87
3×3 one-handed27.1335.39
top 39.8%734 / 1,685
5×5 blindfolded16:20.00—
early days — 1 solve12 / 22
5×53:14.18—
early days — 2 solves880 / 1,012

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

Salamanca Guanajuato 2024: 28.49Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025: 20.56Rubí Guanajuato 2025: 17.37Aguascalientes Summer 2025: 14.20Xidoo 2025: 15.71Clásico Tlaxcala 2025: 16.89Mexican Championship 2025: 15.02Caminos de Guanajuato - León 2026: 13.96Caminos de Guanajuato - Irapuato 2026: 15.20Caminos de Guanajuato - Salamanca 2026: 14.22Caminos de Guanajuato - Guanajuato 2026: 15.51Hypercube Querétaro 2026: 15.8413.9628.4914 Sep 202417 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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.