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Angel Alfaro Palacios

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015PALA03

Angel Alfaro Palacios has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at Santiago UV de Otoño 2018, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Chile. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2015, he has put 98 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.04 in February 2015 to 10.55, a 50% improvement. Angel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.55
signature single · Santiago UV de Otoño 2018
98
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
3×310.5512.31
top 9.1%188 / 2,080
3×3 one-handed16.7422.56
top 11.9%59 / 458
4×41:06.251:19.94
top 43.1%277 / 562

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

La Florida Open 2015: 21.04La Florida Open V2 2015: 17.06Campeonato Chileno de Invierno 2015: 15.34Instituto Nacional Open 2015: 14.50Santa Rosa Open 2015: 11.93Campeonato Chileno de Verano 2016: 14.05Santiago UV de Otoño 2018: 10.5510.5521.0428 Feb 201514 Apr 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.