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Ernie Valdés

3×3 · top 50.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005VALD02

Ernie Valdés has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.84, set at Caltech Fall competition 2009, puts him in the top 50.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29,133rd in the United States. Across 11 competitions since October 2005, he has put 105 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.11 in October 2005 to 23.84, a 42% improvement. Ernie has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.0% of 284,439 all-time
23.84
signature single · Caltech Fall competition 2009
105
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.8426.84
top 50.0%29,133 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded4:20.43
top 72.5%1,505 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed55.411:03.62
top 81.0%12,038 / 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

Caltech Fall competition 2005: 41.11Caltech Spring competition 2006: 38.07US Nationals 2006: 33.51Caltech Fall competition 2006: 31.66Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 24.86Caltech Summer competition 2007: 27.21Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 24.59Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 29.43Caltech Fall competition 2009: 23.84United States National Championships 2012: 25.94World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 26.6223.8441.1122 Oct 200526 Jul 2013

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.84 away.
  • A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,381 people have one; it is 1:20.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.