People · Uruguay
Mateo de León
Clock · top 1.0% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021LEON03
Mateo de León has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at 10th Anniversary Cervantes 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Uruguay. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since December 2021, he has put 1,251 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.47 in December 2021 to 9.67, a 76% improvement. Mateo has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 3.20 | 3.91 | top 1.0% | 2 / 44 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.36 | 3.67 | top 1.9% | 4 / 149 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 4.49 | top 4.9% | 12 / 276 | |
| 3×3 | 9.67 | 12.86 | top 6.6% | 24 / 515 | |
| Skewb | 3.60 | 5.17 | top 8.3% | 8 / 79 | |
| 4×4 | 42.42 | 50.42 | top 15.0% | 20 / 103 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.59 | 1:42.81 | top 28.6% | 19 / 56 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.93 | 31.06 | top 34.0% | 32 / 95 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.63 | 2:13.54 | top 36.2% | 23 / 43 | |
| Square-1 | 33.51 | 1:06.51 | top 56.0% | 25 / 41 | |
| 6×6 | 3:42.45 | 3:58.68 | top 59.6% | 19 / 26 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | 50.33 | top 76.8% | 18 / 28 |
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
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Altavista Mind-blowing 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at 10th Anniversary Cervantes 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Altavista Open 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Montevideo en Llamas 2023.
- 6 Oct 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Nacionales Uruguayas 2023.
- 1 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Nacionales Argentinas 2023.
Competitions
- Montevideo Gaming House Open 2026 · 21 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- WCA South American Championship FMC 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Claret Open Montevideo II 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Claret Open Montevideo 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Altavista Mind-blowing 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Montevideo O'Clock 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Altavista Side Events 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Skewb Madness Uruguay 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Montevideo en Llamas 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales Uruguayas FMC 2024 · 13 Oct 2024
- 10th Anniversary Cervantes 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Fátima en Montevideo 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024 · 22 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship FMC 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Altavista Otoñal 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Altavista Big Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Altavista Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Montevideo en Llamas 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Nacionales Uruguayas 2023 · 6 Oct 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Nacionales Argentinas 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Montevideo Winter Open 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Di Tella Open v2 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Evento al Qbo 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- It's Blind Time Montevideo 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Abierto de Pascuas 2023 · 7 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Latin America 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Altavista Side Events 2023 · 19 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Altavista NxN 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Montevideo al Cubo 2023 · 29 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Altavista Open 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Montevideo en Llamas 2022 · 18 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Buenos Aires Cubea 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Mental Breakdown Uruguay 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
- FING Open 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Montevideo Open 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Altavista NxN 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Altavista Side Events 2022 · 6 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Montevideo en Llamas 2021 · 12 Dec 2021
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.
- Sebastiano Benato — met in 224 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Víctor Gálvez — met in 198 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Felipe Santamaría Ruiz — met in 175 rounds, finished ahead 100 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.