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Ariel Esteban Ortega Martinez

3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MART56

Ariel Esteban Ortega Martinez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.75, set at Colombia Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 387th in Colombia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.67 in July 2016 to 10.75, a 45% improvement. Ariel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.75
signature single · Colombia Nationals 2018
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×310.7515.98
top 9.7%387 / 5,812
2×24.606.06
top 34.2%1,124 / 3,615
4×41:11.391:19.50
top 48.2%688 / 1,270
5×52:36.30
early days — 2 solves409 / 506
3×3 one-handed44.68
early days — 3 solves862 / 1,175
Pyraminx21.81
early days — 2 solves2,215 / 2,395

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

Torneo SpeedCubing Centro Suba II 2016: 19.67Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017: 13.49Colombia Nationals 2018: 10.7510.7519.6723 Jul 201620 Jul 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 0.75 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.