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Albert Mendoza

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016MEND17

Albert Mendoza has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.88, set at Philippine Championship 2017, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2016, he has put 329 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.40 in May 2016 to 7.88, a 49% improvement. Albert has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.88
signature single · Philippine Championship 2017
329
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×37.888.97
top 2.6%237 / 6,270
2×21.773.52
top 3.4%94 / 4,257
4×434.0937.54
top 5.9%137 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed16.4717.90
top 11.3%272 / 2,440
5×51:15.641:24.92
top 15.8%169 / 928
Skewb5.188.23
top 19.5%298 / 1,320
Pyraminx7.319.31
top 30.4%836 / 2,621
3×3 blindfolded2:20.52
early days — 2 solves117 / 274
Megaminx2:10.64
early days — 2 solves380 / 690
6×64:00.16
early days — 1 solve221 / 298

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

Metro Speedcubing Open 2016: 15.40CGJV Speedcubing Rush 2016: 16.84Philippine Championship 2016: 13.13Pinoy Big Cubes Open 2016: 12.03Extra Rise Open 2017: 8.66Best Open 2017: 9.67Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 9.18Philippine Championship 2017: 7.88Metro Speedcubing Open III 2018: 8.14Antipolo City Cube Open 2018: 7.967.8816.8428 May 201612 May 2018

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.