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Kenneth Pérez Arias

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,631 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ARIA04

Kenneth Pérez Arias has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Cubing Zacatecas 2019, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,631 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2016, he has put 201 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 20.07 in October 2016 to 13.90, a 31% improvement. Kenneth has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,631 all-time
8.25
signature single · Cubing Zacatecas 2019
201
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.2510.06
top 3.2%157 / 4,263
3×3 one-handed13.9017.51
top 5.9%99 / 1,672
Square-111.0113.01
top 8.0%34 / 516
Skewb4.526.01
top 14.6%224 / 1,157
4×442.6147.83
top 15.2%343 / 1,845
2×23.214.13
top 16.7%654 / 3,018
3×3 blindfolded1:43.42
top 27.9%52 / 251
5×51:35.511:44.51
top 31.9%364 / 1,010
Pyraminx7.9310.88
top 35.6%836 / 2,003
Clock14.3715.27
top 45.4%323 / 652
6×63:10.38
early days — 2 solves243 / 510
7×77:28.58
early days — 1 solve387 / 472

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

Argetlam 2016: 20.07Cubing Zacatecas 2019: 15.30Vaquita Morelia 2026: 13.9013.9020.0728 Oct 201625 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,944 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,189 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.