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Eduardo Samael Barrera Canales

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019CANA01

Eduardo Samael Barrera Canales has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Centauros Returns 2023, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 137th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2019, he has put 259 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.03 in July 2019 to 8.03, a 20% improvement. Eduardo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.03
signature single · Centauros Returns 2023
259
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.039.33
top 2.8%137 / 4,263
4×431.1136.07
top 3.5%65 / 1,845
2×22.773.99
top 11.7%449 / 3,018
Pyraminx5.7210.36
top 18.0%438 / 2,003
5×51:26.951:31.56
top 24.9%279 / 1,010
3×3 one-handed24.3428.95
top 32.4%583 / 1,672
Megaminx1:39.131:54.71
top 34.1%389 / 1,042
Skewb8.1717.51
top 42.6%575 / 1,157
6×63:56.03
early days — 1 solve328 / 510

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

Beyond Zacatecas 2019: 10.03Cubing Zacatecas 2019: 11.29Centauros Open 2020: 10.78Tunas Open 2022: 8.72Centauros Returns 2023: 8.038.0311.296 Jul 201924 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.