People · Ecuador
Matias Eduardo Recalde Ayala
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023AYAL03
Matias Eduardo Recalde Ayala has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at Quito SúperCube 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Ecuador. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2023, he has put 220 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.50 in July 2023 to 13.21, a 48% improvement. Matias has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 4.75 | top 2.8% | 7 / 686 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.98 | 8.68 | top 13.0% | 59 / 394 | |
| 3×3 | 13.21 | 15.93 | top 18.2% | 196 / 1,104 | |
| Square-1 | 20.58 | 41.06 | top 29.2% | 7 / 36 | |
| 4×4 | 54.50 | 1:06.36 | top 30.1% | 108 / 272 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.16 | 1:56.21 | top 40.4% | 61 / 115 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:39.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7 / 17 | |
| Clock | 16.90 | 18.51 | top 55.1% | 36 / 56 |
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
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.86 at Quito SúperCube 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.21 at Quito SúperCube 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Quito SúperCube 2025.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cotacachi Open 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: UTN Ibarra Open 2023. A 28.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tabacundo Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cuenca Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UTN Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Quito SúperCube 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Quito Free 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Ecuador Cubing 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cotacachi Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- UTN Ibarra Open 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ronny Morocho — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Fabrizzio Alejandro Peñafiel Mena — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.