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Edward Mendez

2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016MEND24

Edward Mendez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at IGA Rubik 2017, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in Guatemala. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2016, he has put 441 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.83 in August 2016 to 14.03, a 21% improvement. Edward has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.10
signature single · IGA Rubik 2017
441
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
2×22.105.57
top 5.4%27 / 717
Skewb3.796.46
top 9.5%14 / 199
Pyraminx6.0110.09
top 20.1%87 / 466
3×314.0317.03
top 21.1%171 / 1,226
3×3 one-handed21.2729.49
top 23.9%66 / 303
4×450.8654.79
top 25.8%78 / 303
5×51:47.022:12.18
top 40.5%65 / 151
Megaminx2:06.922:46.47
top 49.5%77 / 134
Clock16.3121.68
top 53.0%30 / 62
6×63:53.564:17.68
top 63.2%39 / 56
Square-147.79
early days — 3 solves63 / 86
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves52.33
top 74.2%29 / 50
7×76:36.99
early days — 3 solves39 / 48

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

Xela Open 2016: 17.83Tecla Rubik 2016: 20.36GuateMaya Open 2016: 16.41Guatemala Nationals 2017: 14.03IGA Rubik 2017: 14.20Rubik Xela Open 2017: 15.73Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019: 15.3014.0320.3612 Aug 201617 May 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.