People · United States
Ambie Valdés
3×3 · top 25.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005VALD01
Ambie Valdés has been competing for 21 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.18, set at San Diego Open 2008, puts her in the top 25.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,621st in the United States. Across 22 competitions since October 2005, she has put 239 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.64 in October 2005 to 15.18, a 45% improvement. Ambie has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.18 | 17.82 | top 25.0% | 13,621 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.95 | 50.27 | top 57.2% | 7,964 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:12.24 | — | top 70.9% | 1,476 / 2,092 |
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 Aug 2006First sub-20 3×3: 19.97 at US Nationals 2006.
- 4 Aug 2006Four personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2006.
- 22 Oct 2005First competition: Caltech Fall competition 2005. A 27.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011
- Caltech Spring 2011 · 14 May 2011
- Caltech Winter 2011 · 12 Feb 2011
- Caltech Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
- Caltech Fall competition 2009 · 24 Oct 2009
- Discovery Science Center competition 2009 · 16 May 2009
- Caltech Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer competition 2008 · 12 Jul 2008
- San Diego Open 2008 · 24 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Discovery Science Center competition 2008 · 19 Apr 2008 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD competition 2008 · 27 Jan 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall competition 2007 · 10 Nov 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Summer competition 2007 · 25 Aug 2007
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007
- Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007 · 5 May 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2006 · 11 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2005 · 22 Oct 2005
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 her.
- Adam Zamora — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Devin Corr-Robinett — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chris Dzoan — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
Targets move as she improves.