People · Guatemala
Efrain Lopez
3×3 · top 0.58% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019LOPE16
Efrain Lopez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.14, set at Eskala 2022, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Guatemala. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2019, he has put 266 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.83 in May 2019 to 6.14, a 78% improvement. Efrain has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Guatemala | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.14 | 9.32 | top 0.58% | 3 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.25 | 20.43 | top 10.9% | 23 / 313 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.42 | top 13.4% | 89 / 741 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.55 | 7.59 | top 16.8% | 77 / 481 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.42 | 2:01.88 | top 38.8% | 64 / 153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 140 / 310 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.09 | — | top 53.4% | 91 / 138 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 19 / 53 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 77 / 91 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Eskala 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 7.36 at Arkadia 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.36 at Arkadia 2022.
- 7 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at Arkadia 2022.
- 7 Sep 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.92 at Xela Open 2019.
- 17 May 2019First competition: Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019. A 27.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Party Xela 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Guatemala 2022 · 16 Dec 2022
- Vení a Cubear a Toto 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Eskala 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Arkadia 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- GuateMaya Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xela Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019 · 17 May 2019
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.
- Pablo Say — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Daniel Escobar — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Ronald Josué Sicá Alvarado — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.