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Duval Valdes Ayala

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013AYAL03

Duval Valdes Ayala has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Chile. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2013, he has put 704 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.12 in December 2013 to 8.40, a 73% improvement. Duval has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.40
signature single · Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2024
704
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
3×38.4013.04
top 3.5%67 / 2,080
2×23.155.16
top 16.0%197 / 1,303
4×444.2051.41
top 17.3%126 / 562
3×3 blindfolded1:29.792:12.19
top 23.0%6 / 58
Skewb6.08—
early days — 3 solves128 / 314
5×51:31.541:40.78
top 28.6%92 / 223
3×3 one-handed25.0928.61
top 34.5%172 / 458
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 51:05—
early days — 2 solves5 / 13
6×63:19.063:24.53
top 50.1%65 / 97
7×75:00.485:17.57
top 50.7%48 / 76
Square-130.8834.96
top 51.0%106 / 176
Pyraminx12.3321.61
top 69.2%552 / 871
Megaminx3:02.393:24.32
top 75.2%174 / 196

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 Nacional Chile 2013: 31.12La Revancha 2014: 25.60Las Lomas 2014: 17.78La Florida Open 2015: 18.13La Florida Open V2 2015: 14.50LSLC Open 2015: 15.44Valpo 2015: 14.45Campeonato Chileno de Invierno 2015: 16.23Hector Salinas Open 2015: 16.88Instituto Nacional Open 2015: 13.20Santa Rosa Open 2015: 13.05LMDL Open 2015: 15.83Las Lomas 2015: 13.54Campeonato Chileno de Verano 2016: 13.80CECREA 2016: 13.89Instituto Nacional Open 2016: 13.81Sótero del Río 2016: 13.56CAVA Open 2016: 10.00Florida 2016: 12.55IN OPEN 2.0 2017: 12.10Rubik Soletta Santiago 2017: 10.46Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017: 11.34Instituto Nacional Open 2017: 11.13Santiago UV de Otoño 2018: 11.32Instituto Nacional Open 2018: 14.13Santiago UV Open 2022: 13.03Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2024: 8.408.4031.1220 Dec 201330 Nov 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 0.40 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.