People · Colombia
Esteban Andrés Benavides Diaz
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018DIAZ01
Esteban Andrés Benavides Diaz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Barranquilla Real 2023, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 223rd in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2018, he has put 380 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.73 in January 2018 to 9.42, a 20% improvement. Esteban has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 11.09 | top 5.9% | 223 / 5,812 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.93 | top 7.8% | 249 / 3,615 | |
| 4×4 | 41.45 | 45.36 | top 13.8% | 187 / 1,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.03 | 24.85 | top 20.5% | 197 / 1,175 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.19 | 18.73 | top 78.6% | 1,752 / 2,395 |
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
- 10 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Barranquilla Real 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Colombia Nationals 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at La Fantástica Open 2022.
- 20 Jan 2018First competition: Caribe Challenge 2018. A 12.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- River Cubing Barranquilla 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Centro Brazuca al Cubo 2024 · 25 Feb 2024
- Calamari Cartagena 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Barranquilla Real 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Caribe Plaza Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Salamandra Open 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
- Barranquilla Open 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colombia Nationals 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- La Fantástica Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Caribe Challenge 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Juan Emmanuel Rodelo Orozco — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jose Carlos García Vélez — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.