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Christian Paiva

2×2 · top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009PAIV01

Christian Paiva has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at Toronto Spring 2012, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 754th in Canada. Across 11 competitions since March 2009, he has put 124 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.41 in March 2009 to 12.01, an 82% improvement. Christian has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.75
signature single · Toronto Spring 2012
124
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.754.44
top 11.5%754 / 7,173
3×312.0114.33
top 13.9%1,321 / 10,392
4×41:03.951:07.73
top 40.6%1,092 / 3,118
5×52:32.462:44.68
top 66.9%889 / 1,499
7×76:55.537:12.68
top 79.4%372 / 503
Pyraminx19.5927.60
top 92.3%4,577 / 4,858
Megaminx6:58.00
early days — 1 solve1,366 / 1,375

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

Toronto Open Winter 2009: 1:05.41Toronto Open Summer 2009: 27.72Canadian Open 2009: 27.84Toronto Open Winter 2010: 22.72canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010: 19.44Toronto Open Fall 2010: 20.59Toronto Open Winter 2011: 21.31Canadian Open 2011: 18.97Toronto Spring 2012: 17.97Toronto Open Winter 2013: 16.11Toronto Open Fall 2014: 12.0112.011:05.417 Mar 200922 Nov 2014

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 0.75 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.