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José Antonio Gaete

Pyraminx · top 1.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017GAET01

José Antonio Gaete has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Machalí Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Chile. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 72 competitions since June 2017, he has put 2,506 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.92 in June 2017 to 9.48, a 65% improvement. He has entered 72 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.6% of 129,321 all-time
2.23
signature single · Machalí Open 2023
2,506
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
Pyraminx2.233.36
top 1.6%12 / 871
3×39.4811.90
top 6.1%118 / 2,080
2×22.293.80
top 7.0%74 / 1,303
Skewb4.3711.36
top 13.5%55 / 314
4×442.1646.63
top 14.7%104 / 562
Clock8.6710.27
top 18.3%20 / 101
5×51:20.751:29.50
top 19.7%59 / 223
Megaminx1:16.931:27.87
top 19.8%55 / 196
3×3 one-handed23.1128.93
top 29.1%138 / 458
Square-123.0837.31
top 34.9%72 / 176
6×63:21.94—
top 51.5%66 / 97
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 1 solve29 / 40

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

Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017: 26.92Open La Florida 2017: 21.79DEC Open 2017: 18.84Instituto Nacional Open 2017: 14.86Melipilla Open 2018: 14.02Santiago UV de Otoño 2018: 15.45Colegio Arabe Open 2018: 12.09Instituto Nacional Open 2018: 13.20Los Ángeles Invierno 2018: 12.23Curicó al Cubo 2018: 11.74CubiKonce 2019: 10.84Serena Open 2019: 12.66Chillán Open 2019: 13.38Los Ángeles al Cubo 2019: 13.16Curicó al Cubo 2019: 13.94QueTalca Open 2019: 12.30Rancagua Open 2019: 12.86La Serena Open 2020: 11.55Cubopía Open 2020: 12.63Chile Comeback - Chillán Open 2021: 10.90Melipilla Open 2021: 12.42Chillan CDP 2022: 15.23Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2022: 13.90Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022: 13.82Requínoa Open 2022: 12.46Santiago UV Open 2022: 12.17Cerrillos al Cubo 2022: 14.43Curicó al Cubo 2022: 12.44Montealegre Open 2023: 13.99Open Ovalle Summer 2023: 15.78Rancagua Open 2023: 11.25Montealegre Autumn Open 2023: 11.86Machalí Open 2023: 11.51Anahuac Cubing 2023: 12.45Olimpiadas de la Mente 2023: 12.64Montealegre Winter Open 2023: 11.24Cuerpo Central Open 2023: 12.27Concepción al Cubo 2023: 13.02CubiKonce 2024: 13.33Open Ovalle Summer 2024: 11.83Curicó al Cubo 2024: 13.26Patio Cubik Lite 2024: 15.24Concepción al Cubo V2 2024: 12.81Viña Open 2024: 13.07Warm Up SAC Santiago 2024: 12.98Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 11.63Cubi Koronel 2024: 12.04Parquemet Cubos 2024: 10.24UC al Cubo - Santiago 2024: 11.21Nacionales Uruguayas 2024: 10.78Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024: 11.37Rancagua Open 2024: 11.13Viña Christmas 2024: 13.46Los Ángeles Chile Comeback - Pre Nats 2025: 12.13Nacionales Chilenas 2025: 12.18MorrOpen 2025: 11.23CubiKonce 2025: 10.58CubiKoronel 2025: 11.24Colegio Pablo Garrido 2025: 12.91Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2025: 9.48Los Ángeles Chile Back 2025: 10.62CubiKonce 2026: 11.21Olimpiadas de la Mente Stgo 2026: 10.72WCA South American Championship 2026: 11.97Winter Open Las Condes 2026: 12.789.4826.9210 Jun 20178 Aug 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 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.