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Alex Franklin Vilca Tapia

3×3 · top 30.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017TAPI05

Alex Franklin Vilca Tapia has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.77, set at Glorioso San Carlos 2018, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,407th in Peru. Across 2 competitions since October 2017, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.71 in October 2017 to 16.77, a 29% improvement. Alex has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 30.3% of 284,439 all-time
16.77
signature single · Glorioso San Carlos 2018
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
3×316.7720.98
top 30.3%1,407 / 4,344
2×24.877.28
top 37.7%990 / 2,419
3×3 one-handed32.4335.79
top 52.1%574 / 812
Pyraminx17.10
early days — 2 solves1,196 / 1,366

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

Juliaca Speedcubing 2017: 23.71Glorioso San Carlos 2018: 16.7716.7723.7121 Oct 20175 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.