People · Mexico
Mariano Gómez Castillo
2×2 · top 3.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025CAST09
Mariano Gómez Castillo has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2025, he has put 354 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.74 in March 2025 to 1.86, a 50% improvement. Mariano has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 3.24 | top 3.9% | 140 / 3,043 | |
| 3×3 | 8.89 | 11.97 | top 4.6% | 245 / 4,305 | |
| 4×4 | 33.23 | 36.31 | top 5.2% | 115 / 1,858 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.02 | 1:08.88 | top 6.2% | 61 / 1,012 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.90 | 22.86 | top 12.4% | 236 / 1,685 | |
| 6×6 | 2:09.14 | 2:29.22 | top 15.1% | 70 / 510 | |
| 7×7 | 4:09.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 166 / 476 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.29 | 2:07.70 | top 38.4% | 449 / 1,063 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.16 | 12.31 | top 46.2% | 1,060 / 2,014 | |
| Clock | 15.97 | 20.73 | top 51.8% | 369 / 660 | |
| Skewb | 27.71 | 45.03 | top 96.3% | 1,124 / 1,176 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2026.
- 1 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at 555 - Puebla 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Halcones Tehuacán 2026.
- 18 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025.
Competitions
- Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 555 - Puebla 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Halcones Tehuacán 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing BUAP 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- 444 Puebla 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mega-Mente Puebla 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
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.
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 79 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shalem Birzavit Meneses Pérez — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Esteban Elías González Méndez — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.