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Carlos Ortega Palacios

2×2 · top 26.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015PALA04

Carlos Ortega Palacios has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.96, set at Argentum Open 2016, puts him in the top 26.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 941st in Mexico. Across 2 competitions since April 2015, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.99 in April 2015 to 3.96, a 43% improvement. Carlos has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 26.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.96
signature single · Argentum Open 2016
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×23.967.20
top 26.0%941 / 3,018
3×316.5418.05
top 29.5%1,667 / 4,263
3×3 one-handed35.7051.96
top 58.5%1,059 / 1,672
Megaminx2:25.782:42.43
top 59.2%670 / 1,042
4×41:26.741:48.10
top 61.2%1,297 / 1,845

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

FNSM Open 2015: 6.99Argentum Open 2016: 3.963.966.9918 Apr 20159 Apr 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.