People · Ecuador
Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021BENA01
Mateo Baruc Mero Benavides has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.25, set at Ecuador Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Ecuador. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2021, he has put 553 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.57 in November 2021 to 7.25, a 24% improvement. Mateo has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.25 | 9.10 | top 1.6% | 6 / 1,104 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.28 | 3.86 | top 1.7% | 3 / 394 | |
| 4×4 | 33.71 | 34.85 | top 5.6% | 8 / 272 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.60 | 19.50 | top 7.3% | 13 / 243 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 3.64 | top 9.8% | 62 / 686 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.56 | 1:38.69 | top 24.5% | 24 / 108 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 4 / 23 |
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
- 1 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ecuador Nationals 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at APOL Open 2022.
- 27 Nov 2021First competition: Guayaquil Resist 2021. A 11.14 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Nov 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Guayaquil Resist 2021.
Competitions
- Ecuador Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ecuador Nationals 2024 · 10 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Apol Open Guayaquil 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guayaco Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Ecuador Nationals 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Guayaco Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Manta Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cuenca Cubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ecuador Nationals 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- APOL Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Guayaquil Resist 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Caleb Salcedo Rivera — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Josué Ordóñez — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.