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Cris Melchor

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015MELC02

Cris Melchor has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.92, set at AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,611th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2015, he has put 159 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.27 in November 2015 to 8.92, a 60% improvement. Cris has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.92
signature single · AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018
159
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9212.62
top 4.7%2,611 / 59,724
2×23.314.14
top 17.9%7,011 / 40,951
4×448.6053.89
top 22.9%3,478 / 19,072
Skewb8.0111.79
top 41.3%7,187 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.5310.08
top 49.3%14,290 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed32.6136.07
top 52.5%7,251 / 15,683
Megaminx2:38.493:03.52
top 65.4%4,993 / 7,841
5×52:30.522:57.84
top 66.0%5,747 / 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

AZCubing Fall 2015: 22.27AZCubing Winter 2016: 16.81AZCubing Summer 2016: 13.12AZCubing Fall 2016: 11.64AZCubing Spring 2017: 11.55AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018: 8.928.9222.277 Nov 201513 Jan 2018

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.

  • Dan Tran — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Daniel York — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Ivan Vanek — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 11 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.