12-year-old Argentinian GM Faustino Oro achieved a new personal best Blitz rating of 3283 on Chess.com on February 22.

The gap between Oro and the fourth-ranked player, Ediz Gurel, is 23 points. In total, Faustino has played 13,575 blitz games, winning 7,124, losing 5,381, and drawing 1,070, for a 52% win rate.

Current Blitz Top-5 on Chess.com:

Place Player Rating
1. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 3344
2. 🇷🇺 GM Denis Lazavik 3338
3. 🇳🇴 GM Magnus Carlsen 3333
4. 🇹🇷 GM Ediz Gurel 3306
5. 🇦🇷 IM Faustino Oro 3283

12-year-old Argentinian IM Faustino Oro (2516) holds all records as the youngest player to reach 2500 in Classical, Rapid, and Blitz. Faustino became the youngest IM in history at the age of 10 in 2024. He has one month remaining to achieve his third and final GM norm and break the record for the youngest Grandmaster in history.