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Derick Salamanca

3×3 · top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014SALA03

Derick Salamanca has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.81, set at Vancouver Open Spring 2015, puts him in the top 27.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,865th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2014, he has put 71 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.67 in March 2014 to 15.81, a 36% improvement. Derick has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.81
signature single · Vancouver Open Spring 2015
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.8120.93
top 27.1%14,865 / 59,724
2×24.5311.99
top 33.3%13,257 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed41.5159.64
top 67.4%9,626 / 15,683

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

Cube Kingdom II 2014: 24.67Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 22.21Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 21.65Vancouver Open Spring 2015: 15.81UW Spring 2015: 23.72Puget Sound Open 2015: 21.35Kent Summer 2023: 17.2815.8124.6715 Mar 20149 Sep 2023

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.

  • Daniel Chan — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Janelle Tin — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ben Yu — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.