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Carl Michael Garcia

3×3 · top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016GARC23

Carl Michael Garcia has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.94, set at Nisei Week 2017, puts him in the top 30.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,973rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since May 2016, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.12 in May 2016 to 16.94, a 35% improvement. Carl has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.94
signature single · Nisei Week 2017
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.9419.93
top 30.8%16,973 / 59,724
2×26.117.17
top 52.0%21,214 / 40,951

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

TFTI San Diego 2016: 26.12Caltech Winter 2017: 18.65Qualifornia 2017: 18.97Cerritos Open 2017: 18.14Nisei Week 2017: 16.94TF3I San Diego 2017: 19.9016.9426.1229 May 20165 Nov 2017

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 1.94 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.