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Carlos Silva

3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009SILV02

Carlos Silva has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.52, set at South Texas Open 2010, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,409th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2009, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.36 in August 2009 to 12.52, a 28% improvement. Carlos has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.52
signature single · South Texas Open 2010
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5217.76
top 15.7%8,409 / 59,724
Megaminx1:33.861:39.54
early days — 3 solves2,151 / 7,841
Pyraminx8.2813.28
top 38.6%11,035 / 28,708
4×41:03.411:13.47
top 40.0%6,511 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed27.9145.19
top 41.7%5,594 / 15,683
2×26.167.17
top 52.5%21,427 / 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

Houston Open 2009: 17.36Austin Fall competition 2009: 17.06South Texas Open 2010: 12.5212.5217.361 Aug 20096 Feb 2010

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-1:30 Megaminx single — 9,803 people have one; it is 3.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.