People · Peru
Héctor Adolfo Torres Zarate
3×3 · top 6.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZARA04
Héctor Adolfo Torres Zarate has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.45, set at PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 99 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.81 in April 2017 to 9.45, a 44% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.45 | 12.33 | top 6.0% | 255 / 4,362 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026.
- 26 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.28 at Campeonato Nacional Perubik 2017.
- 22 Apr 2017First competition: Aventura Cúbica IV 2017. A 16.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- FIGHT Peru 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Aventura Cúbica V 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Last Cubing Lima 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato Nacional Perubik 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Lima 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Aventura Cúbica IV 2017 · 22 Apr 2017
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.
- Piero Alessandro Laguna Obregon — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Justin Lindo Ruiz — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.