People · Bolivia
Willy Vargas Mendez
Pyraminx · top 4.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MEND04
Willy Vargas Mendez has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.21, set at Bolivia Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in Bolivia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2016, he has put 607 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.18 in January 2016 to 11.58, a 43% improvement. Willy has entered 18 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 | Bolivia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.21 | 5.44 | top 4.4% | 27 / 938 | |
| Skewb | 3.57 | 5.53 | top 8.2% | 26 / 257 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 4.67 | top 9.6% | 111 / 1,269 | |
| 3×3 | 11.58 | 13.37 | top 12.4% | 200 / 2,776 | |
| Square-1 | 16.58 | 21.93 | top 20.0% | 17 / 83 | |
| 4×4 | 50.19 | 1:02.08 | top 24.9% | 127 / 504 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.98 | 31.92 | top 28.7% | 128 / 425 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | top 37.3% | 13 / 63 | |
| Megaminx | 2:28.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 126 / 240 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.11 | 2:36.44 | top 65.3% | 153 / 220 |
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
- 4 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Yo Rubik 2.0 S-C 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Santa Cruz Winter 2017.
- 27 Jan 2017Five personal bests in one day at Santa Cruz Rubik's Challenge 2017.
- 3 Sep 2016Five personal bests in one day at Yo Rubik 2016.
- 1 Jul 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.40 at Bolivia Nationals 2016.
- 1 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Bolivia Nationals 2016.
Competitions
- Bolivia Nationals 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Coffee Santa Cruz 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Lismeneta Open 2023 · 17 Mar 2023
- Sunset Cubing Santa Cruz 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
- Villa Rosita 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
- New Challenge Santa Cruz 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Speed Challenge Santa Cruz 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
- Santa Cruz Spring Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- Bolivia Nationals 2018 · 5 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcuber Forever 2018 · 12 May 2018
- Friends & Cubes SC 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- Speed in Colors 2018 · 19 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Yo Rubik 2.0 S-C 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Cruz Winter 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Cruz Rubik's Challenge 2017 · 27 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Yo Rubik 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Bolivia Nationals 2016 · 1 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubikeros Open 2016 · 29 Jan 2016 — 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.
- Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Rodrigo Paz Vaca — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Joseph Daniel Blas Sanchez — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.