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David Alert Franco

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022FRAN35

David Alert Franco has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Parets Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in Spain. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 106 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.65 in October 2022 to 8.81, a 30% improvement. David has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.81
signature single · Parets Open 2024
106
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×38.8111.95
top 4.4%185 / 5,141
2×23.456.79
top 19.6%752 / 3,845
4×456.921:10.81
top 33.0%459 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed27.1231.70
top 39.6%449 / 1,315
5×53:11.22
top 81.6%638 / 863

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

Minyons de Terrassa Open 2022: 12.65Sant Valentí a Parets 2023: 11.47Martorell Open 2023: 12.93Piera Open 2023: 12.39Parets Open 2024: 8.818.8112.9322 Oct 20223 Feb 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.