People · Peru
Hugo Ricardo Chalco Elías
Square-1 · top 2.1% of 25,272 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ELIA03
Hugo Ricardo Chalco Elías has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.28, set at PUCP Cubing Festival V 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Peru. Until May 2014, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2016, he has put 81 official solves on the record across five events. His Square-1 best has come down from 25.30 in April 2019 to 7.28, a 71% improvement. Hugo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.28 | 13.84 | top 2.1% | 3 / 139 | |
| Skewb | 5.87 | 9.61 | top 24.8% | 170 / 495 | |
| 3×3 | 18.00 | 22.88 | top 34.1% | 1,583 / 4,344 | |
| 2×2 | 4.66 | 6.54 | top 35.0% | 925 / 2,419 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,176 / 1,366 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.00 at Activa Club Rubik 2017.
- 4 Feb 2017First sub-30 3×3: 22.71 at Aventura Cúbica III 2017.
- 27 Aug 2016First competition: Lima Rubik 2016. A 34.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025
- PUCP Cubing Festival V 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Oso Cubing Fest II Lima 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcuber Perú Otoño 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- Aventura Cúbica V 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Activa Club Rubik 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Aventura Cúbica III 2017 · 4 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Lima Rubik 2016 · 27 Aug 2016
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 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Angel Jesus Panebra Rodriguez — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pedro Alejandro Condo Tellez — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.