People · United States
Mario Flores
2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015FLOR05
Mario Flores has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,685th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2015, he has put 613 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.69 in June 2015 to 8.89, a 50% improvement. Mario has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.92 | 2.74 | top 4.2% | 1,685 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.89 | 10.22 | top 4.6% | 2,567 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 5.55 | top 4.9% | 1,281 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 36.64 | 40.37 | top 8.3% | 1,254 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.39 | 7.18 | top 13.7% | 2,122 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.30 | 1:21.84 | top 15.5% | 1,203 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.34 | 22.63 | top 18.8% | 2,414 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.23 | 1:29.64 | top 23.9% | 1,657 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 22.47 | 28.38 | top 33.5% | 2,177 / 6,743 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at El Paso 2025.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at BeCubed Spring 2023.
- 27 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at BeCubed Summer 2018.
- 6 Aug 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at AZCubing Summer 2016.
- 14 May 2016Five personal bests in one day at Albuquerque Spring 2016.
- 5 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.95 at AZCubing Winter 2016.
Competitions
- Only Cubes in ABQ 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- El Paso 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Albuquerque Cubefest 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- BeCubed Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- BeCubed Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- BeCubed Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- BeCubed Summer 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- AZCubing Summer 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Albuquerque Spring 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Dallas Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015 · 13 Jun 2015
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.
- Estevan Lujan — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Rafael Reyes — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 46 times · head to head
- Ivan Vanek — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.