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Christian Saenz Valdivia

2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013VALD02

Christian Saenz Valdivia has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.80, set at Crazy Cubes Spring 2017, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2013, he has put 956 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.67 in January 2013 to 10.23, a 53% improvement. Christian has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.80
signature single · Crazy Cubes Spring 2017
956
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
2×21.803.35
top 3.6%80 / 2,419
Skewb2.968.45
top 4.8%37 / 495
Pyraminx4.016.36
top 7.7%133 / 1,366
3×310.2311.60
top 8.1%348 / 4,344
4×436.5239.88
top 8.2%102 / 844
5×51:11.881:19.08
top 13.0%62 / 329
7×73:19.093:24.17
top 16.0%30 / 111
3×3 one-handed18.8623.43
top 17.4%227 / 812
Megaminx1:15.711:23.77
top 19.1%138 / 372
6×62:26.062:33.42
top 23.6%48 / 145
3×3 blindfolded2:04.98—
top 35.0%51 / 134
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 15:56—
top 50.0%23 / 46
Square-11:05.15—
early days — 3 solves138 / 139

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

Campeonato Sudamericano 2013: 21.67Arequipa Summer 2013: 14.39Campeonato Nacional Perubik 2013: 12.67Trujillo Open 2013: 14.07Cultural Open 2014: 10.82Back to the Palace 2014: 10.72Mariano Melgar 2014: 11.18Crazy Cubes Open 2015: 11.36Crazy Cubes Summer 2016: 10.59Crazy Cubes Open 2016: 10.53Crazy Cubes Open 2017: 10.75Campeonato Nacional Perubik 2017: 10.32Crazy Cubes Spring 2017: 10.23El Norte Cubea Perú 2019: 10.69Trujillo Happy New Year 2020: 10.67School Winter Lima 2022: 12.2410.2321.675 Jan 20132 Jul 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.