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Aníbal Araya

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011ARAY01

Aníbal Araya has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Curicó al Cubo 2018, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Chile. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2011, he has put 863 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.46 in November 2011 to 8.37, a 46% improvement. He has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.37
signature single · Curicó al Cubo 2018
863
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
3×38.379.64
top 3.5%65 / 2,080
4×434.6240.90
top 6.4%44 / 562
3×3 one-handed17.1020.20
top 12.8%63 / 458
5×51:19.411:31.27
top 18.6%54 / 223
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 10 cubes · 58:36—
top 25.4%3 / 13
3×3 blindfolded1:51.092:22.95
top 30.3%11 / 58
2×24.456.25
top 32.3%419 / 1,303

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

Campeonato Nacional 2011: 15.46Southsim 2012: 12.51Valparaiso al cubo 2013: 11.88River Hill Winter 2014: 11.71La Florida Open 2015: 9.32La Florida Open V2 2015: 10.22LSLC Open 2015: 11.35Valpo 2015: 10.75Campeonato Chileno de Invierno 2015: 10.17Santa Rosa Open 2015: 10.31CAVA Open 2016: 10.29Rubik Soletta Concepción 2017: 9.60Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017: 10.26CCP 2018: 8.66Santiago UV de Otoño 2018: 8.96Curicó al Cubo 2018: 8.37UA Open 2018: 9.07Serena Open 2019: 9.25Chillán Open 2019: 8.71Los Ángeles al Cubo 2019: 9.87Curicó al Cubo 2019: 9.24La Serena Open 2020: 9.67Cubopía Open 2020: 9.43Melipilla Open 2021: 9.01Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2022: 10.81Santiago Wintercubing Open 2022: 9.62Requínoa Open 2022: 8.82Curicó al Cubo 2022: 8.50Montealegre Open 2023: 9.43Montealegre Autumn Open 2023: 9.838.3715.4626 Nov 201111 Jun 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.