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Carlos Joaquín Sánchez Oliva

2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017OLIV26

Carlos Joaquín Sánchez Oliva has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at NxN Tlaxcala 2019, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 233rd in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2017, he has put 523 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.38 in August 2017 to 9.99, a 35% improvement. Carlos has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.22
signature single · NxN Tlaxcala 2019
523
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×22.223.50
top 6.4%233 / 3,018
3×39.9911.51
top 7.4%388 / 4,263
Megaminx1:00.181:12.95
top 10.1%112 / 1,042
3×3 one-handed16.1519.73
top 10.6%180 / 1,672
5×51:09.841:12.54
top 11.5%125 / 1,010
4×439.8444.11
top 12.0%261 / 1,845
Skewb4.266.19
top 12.7%203 / 1,157
Pyraminx5.128.50
top 13.9%344 / 2,003
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves37.33
top 14.8%20 / 317
7×73:24.463:32.27
top 17.9%77 / 472
6×62:17.672:24.81
top 19.3%97 / 510
Square-122.0525.83
top 32.6%150 / 516
Clock12.1816.67
top 35.8%259 / 652

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

Weas México 2017: 15.38Return Open 2017: 13.00TimerTon 2018: 12.19Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018: 11.32Mexican Championship 2018: 10.88Tuzo Clásico 2019: 10.11Side Events Puebla 2019: 10.45NxN Tlaxcala 2019: 10.55Misión México 2019: 11.33Roble Cubing Open 2019: 10.19Toros Open 2023: 10.33Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 9.999.9915.385 Aug 201715 Sep 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.