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José María Tamayo Vaca

2×2 · top 27.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023VACA05

José María Tamayo Vaca has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.11, set at UTN Open 2025, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 193rd in Ecuador. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.98 in November 2023 to 17.39, a 46% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 27.9% of 186,767 all-time
4.11
signature single · UTN Open 2025
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
2×24.117.06
top 27.9%193 / 686
3×317.3921.75
top 32.2%383 / 1,104
Pyraminx9.1514.32
top 46.1%191 / 394
Megaminx2:29.402:50.26
top 60.8%87 / 115
4×41:56.64
early days — 2 solves251 / 272
3×3 one-handed58.07
top 82.8%219 / 243

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

Cotacachi Open 2023: 31.98Ecuador Cubing 2024: 31.27Quito SúperCube 2025: 20.49UTN Open 2025: 19.15Cuenca Open 2025: 17.41Tabacundo Open 2026: 17.3917.3931.983 Nov 202328 Mar 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.