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Anthony Espinoza
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013ESPI01
Anthony Espinoza has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at UCLA Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,579th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2013, he has put 129 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.69 in February 2013 to 8.90, an 81% improvement. Anthony has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.90 | 11.25 | top 4.6% | 2,579 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 42.53 | 48.79 | top 15.1% | 2,279 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 5.34 | 6.36 | top 43.5% | 17,536 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.27 | — | top 59.5% | 5,103 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.75 | 52.97 | top 64.9% | 9,216 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.83 | 23.90 | top 72.0% | 21,316 / 28,708 |
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
- 20 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at UCLA Spring 2025.
- 20 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at UCLA Spring 2025.
- 11 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.72 at Triton Tricubealon 2024.
- 22 Feb 2014First sub-30 3×3: 17.97 at Caltech Winter Open 2014.
- 22 Feb 2014First sub-20 3×3: 17.97 at Caltech Winter Open 2014.
- 22 Feb 2014Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter Open 2014.
Competitions
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex McIntosh — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Dickman — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.