People · Paraguay
Matías Penayo Méndez
3×3 · top 9.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MEND28
Matías Penayo Méndez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.60, set at Primavera en Asunción 2026, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Paraguay. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2022, he has put 276 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.23 in October 2022 to 10.60, a 78% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Paraguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.60 | 13.10 | top 9.3% | 24 / 363 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 7.33 | top 19.3% | 46 / 210 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.33 | 2:07.53 | top 47.8% | 18 / 46 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.04 | 37.58 | top 53.6% | 49 / 95 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.64 | 1:29.27 | top 58.1% | 46 / 87 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.29 | 14.42 | top 69.0% | 78 / 117 | |
| Skewb | 17.31 | 30.35 | top 84.7% | 52 / 65 | |
| 5×5 | 3:23.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 33 / 41 | |
| 6×6 | 8:49.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 16 / 16 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Primavera en Asunción 2026.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.58 at Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Paraguay Nationals 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-30 3×3: 19.12 at UCOM Paraguay 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.12 at UCOM Paraguay 2023.
Competitions
- Primavera en Asunción 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- UCOM Paraguay 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Paraguay Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025
- CCPA Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Superseis Cubea - Asunción 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Paraguay Nationals 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CCPA Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Los Árboles Eventos 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Paraguay Nationals 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Anguja Open SIL 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- CCPA Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Quiero Fruta Cubing 2023 · 20 May 2023
- UCOM Paraguay 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- First Cubing UNIDA 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Paraguay Nationals 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
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.
- Kenji Julián Cáceres Matsumoto — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gustavo Riveiro — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Elias Miguel Acosta Acosta — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.