People · United States
Carlos Puentes
2×2 · top 15.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009PUEN01
Carlos Puentes has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.13, set at MIT Fall 2014, puts him in the top 15.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,173rd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since July 2009, he has put 165 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.75 in April 2010 to 13.02, a 12% improvement. Carlos has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 4.97 | top 15.8% | 6,173 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.02 | 18.14 | top 17.5% | 9,368 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.89 | 13.94 | top 52.1% | 15,179 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.22 | 1:38.31 | top 54.4% | 9,284 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.21 | 40.56 | top 55.8% | 7,734 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:53.41 | 3:15.96 | top 75.9% | 6,791 / 9,401 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2009First competition: Big Cubes Summer competition 2009.
Competitions
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Baltimore Spring competition 2010 · 18 Apr 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes Summer competition 2009 · 26 Jul 2009
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.
- Kian Barry — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matt Bahner — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Bob Burton — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.