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Ariel Martinez

3×3 · top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015MART04

Ariel Martinez has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.80, set at Verano Cubero 2015, puts him in the top 27.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in the Dominican Republic. Across 5 competitions since February 2015, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.33 in February 2015 to 15.80, a 14% improvement. Ariel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.80
signature single · Verano Cubero 2015
99
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDominican Republic
3×315.8019.41
top 27.1%140 / 588
3×3 one-handed32.9439.96
top 53.2%76 / 151
Pyraminx12.2927.41
top 69.0%120 / 192
2×28.4514.58
top 70.5%218 / 312
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves
early days — 1 solve21 / 25
5×55:22.975:58.79
top 97.7%68 / 74

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

San Pedro de Macoris Open 2015: 18.33Santo Domingo Spring 2015: 17.56Verano Cubero 2015: 15.80Back to Santiago 2015: 17.82Republica Dominicana Spring 2016: 17.5515.8018.338 Feb 201526 Mar 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 2.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.