People · Mexico
Mateo Cervantes Barba
2×2 · top 13.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BARB32
Mateo Cervantes Barba has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at CUCEI Open 2024, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 506th in Mexico. Across 7 competitions since November 2023, he has put 151 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.92 in November 2023 to 2.89, a 41% improvement. Mateo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 2.89 | 4.86 | top 13.0% | 506 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 | 11.80 | 15.53 | top 13.2% | 722 / 4,263 | |
| Clock | 8.51 | 10.91 | top 17.5% | 135 / 652 | |
| Skewb | 5.64 | 22.24 | top 23.0% | 336 / 1,157 | |
| 4×4 | 59.30 | 1:05.81 | top 35.7% | 795 / 1,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.85 | 11.55 | top 43.5% | 989 / 2,003 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.72 | 40.26 | top 46.0% | 842 / 1,672 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.33 | — | top 53.9% | 610 / 1,042 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.70 | — | early days — 2 solves | 711 / 1,010 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Zacatecas 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Salamanca Guanajuato 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 12.78 at CUCEI Open 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.78 at CUCEI Open 2024.
- 14 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Bajío Open 2023. A 22.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xidoo 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zapopan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Cubing Zacatecas 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Salamanca Guanajuato 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CUCEI Open 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bajío Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
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.
- Víctor Adán Solis Martinez — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luis Sinhue Medina Salas — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Alvaro Perez Posas — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.