People · Peru
Luis Gómez Taya
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018TAYA02
Luis Gómez Taya has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at PUCP Cubing Festival I 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Peru. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2018, he has put 774 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.79 in April 2018 to 7.78, a 44% improvement. Luis has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.78 | 10.15 | top 2.4% | 73 / 4,344 | |
| 4×4 | 29.95 | 36.67 | top 2.8% | 30 / 844 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.99 | 4.70 | top 3.6% | 54 / 1,366 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.80 | 18.01 | top 5.7% | 74 / 812 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.89 | 1:11.60 | top 6.0% | 29 / 329 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.13 | top 10.8% | 301 / 2,419 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.43 | 2:10.39 | top 12.0% | 25 / 145 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.96 | 1:19.68 | top 18.6% | 136 / 372 | |
| Skewb | 7.24 | 9.70 | top 35.5% | 232 / 495 | |
| 7×7 | 4:44.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 78 / 111 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:34.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 98 / 134 |
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
- 29 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Peru Nationals 2025.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at San Marcos Open 2023.
- 20 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cube Force Lima 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at TCG Power Up 2022.
- 3 Dec 2022Six personal bests in one day at TCG Power Up 2022.
- 12 Mar 2022Four personal bests in one day at Lima Cuberano 2022.
Competitions
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Open PUCP Cubing Community 2024 · 19 Jul 2024
- PUCP Cubing Festival I 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Open PUCP 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Plaza Center Cube Lima lll 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima II 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Cuber Spring Open Plaza Huancayo 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- La Tienda Cubera Fest 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- San Marcos Open 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lima Cubinvierno 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Force Lima 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- TCG Power Up 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Real Cube 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- School Winter Lima 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- TCG Nueva Generación 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Lima Cuberano 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Speedcubers Elite Lima 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Peru Nationals 2018 · 29 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Torneo Activa Club 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- FIGHT Peru 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Marcelo Nuñez — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.