People · Costa Rica
Mathias Laurent Zúñiga
2×2 · top 10.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025ZUNI05
Mathias Laurent Zúñiga has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Cube Days at SEK 2026, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Costa Rica. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 117 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.44 in November 2025 to 2.60, an 81% improvement. Mathias has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 4.38 | top 10.0% | 32 / 312 | |
| 3×3 | 12.26 | 14.43 | top 14.9% | 67 / 374 | |
| Skewb | 6.33 | 12.03 | top 28.5% | 50 / 135 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.32 | 9.82 | top 39.0% | 98 / 229 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.00 | 1:10.95 | top 40.7% | 77 / 132 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.79 | 35.00 | top 41.4% | 75 / 137 | |
| Square-1 | 52.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 45 / 55 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Days at SEK 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at Cubithon San José 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubithon San José 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-30 3×3: 19.26 at Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.26 at Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026.
Competitions
- Cube Days at SEK 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubithon San José 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Tibas 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Nationals 2025 · 29 Nov 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.
- Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Andrés Hernández Cabrera — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.