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Matías Benavente

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023BENA02

Matías Benavente has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at UNSA Speedcubing Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Peru. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2023, he has put 534 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.68 in April 2023 to 7.93, a 42% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.27
signature single · UNSA Speedcubing Spring 2026
534
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
2×21.272.79
top 1.3%23 / 2,419
3×37.939.92
top 2.7%92 / 4,344
Pyraminx3.765.03
top 6.5%111 / 1,366
Megaminx55.0758.27
top 7.5%51 / 372
4×439.7645.66
top 11.8%158 / 844
Skewb4.527.41
top 14.6%104 / 495
3×3 one-handed19.4823.40
top 19.1%247 / 812

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

UNSA Speedcubing Otoño 2023: 13.68UNSA Speedcubing Pre-Nationals 2023: 11.76Peru Nationals 2023: 11.29UNSA Speedcubing Primavera II 2023: 9.57In Memoriam José Noles 2024: 8.56UNSA Speedcubing Verano 2024: 8.90UNSA Speedcubing Otoño 2024: 8.75TCG Spring Arequipa 2024: 9.84Yanahuara Summer 2025: 7.93UNSA Speedcubing Otoño 2025: 9.41Paseo Central Winter 2025: 8.43UNSA Speedcubing Spring 2026: 8.487.9313.6815 Apr 202317 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.