People · Guatemala
Marco Antonio Penagos Mayorga
2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024MAYO04
Marco Antonio Penagos Mayorga has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Nacionales Guatemala 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Guatemala. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2024, he has put 221 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.38 in April 2024 to 11.72, a 66% improvement. Marco has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Guatemala | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 4.56 | top 2.9% | 7 / 717 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.14 | 6.07 | top 8.4% | 36 / 466 | |
| 3×3 | 11.72 | 14.76 | top 12.9% | 108 / 1,226 | |
| Skewb | 5.30 | 8.55 | top 20.5% | 35 / 199 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.88 | 32.30 | top 39.0% | 107 / 303 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.60 | — | top 43.6% | 129 / 303 | |
| Square-1 | 51.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 65 / 86 |
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
- 31 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at San Cristóbal 2026.
- 12 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Nacionales Guatemala 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Desafío Rubik's Guatemala 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.63 at Caré Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Caré Open 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.32 at Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Guatemala 2024.
Competitions
- UVG Cubing 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- La Cacería GT 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Cristóbal 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Nacionales Guatemala 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Desafío Rubik's Guatemala 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Caré Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Guatemala 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Guatemala 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pradera Express Villa Nueva 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
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.
- Brayan Emanuel Escobedo Mendóza — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Juan Marcos López Pérez — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.