People · Chile
Ignacio Araya
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ARAY01
Ignacio Araya has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2025, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 180th in Chile. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2016, he has put 123 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.42 in January 2016 to 10.47, a 53% improvement. Ignacio 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 | Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.47 | 13.33 | top 8.9% | 180 / 2,080 | |
| Skewb | 6.34 | 13.81 | top 28.5% | 137 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 57.18 | 1:01.50 | top 33.3% | 232 / 562 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.15 | 31.62 | top 37.2% | 187 / 458 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.86 | 1:53.60 | top 37.5% | 109 / 196 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.26 | 12.20 | top 47.1% | 362 / 871 | |
| Square-1 | 28.82 | 45.84 | top 47.2% | 102 / 176 | |
| 2×2 | 5.92 | 7.18 | top 50.1% | 647 / 1,303 |
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
- 17 Mar 2018Six personal bests in one day at La Serena Open 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 10.61 at Open La Florida 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.25 at IN OPEN 2.0 2017.
- 23 Jan 2016First competition: Campeonato Chileno de Verano 2016. A 22.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- La Serena Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- CCP 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Open La Florida 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- IN OPEN 2.0 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato Chileno de Verano 2016 · 23 Jan 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.
- Irenco Peña Henríquez — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Felipe Medel — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Francisco Rosales — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.