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Esteban Ponce Herrera

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023HERR33

Esteban Ponce Herrera has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Oso Cubing Fest I Lima 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Peru. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 176 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.42 in September 2023 to 8.56, a 44% improvement. Esteban has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.56
signature single · Oso Cubing Fest I Lima 2024
176
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
3×38.569.85
top 3.9%144 / 4,344
2×22.062.96
top 5.2%135 / 2,419
4×434.8841.93
top 6.6%76 / 844

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

Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023: 15.42Plaza Center Cube Lima II 2023: 13.84TCG Space II Santa Anita 2023: 13.30Plaza Center Cube Lima IV 2024: 10.23TCG Space lll Santa Anita 2024: 9.68Oso Cubing Fest I Lima 2024: 8.56Peru Nationals 2024: 8.92TCG Space lV Santa Anita 2025: 9.188.5615.4216 Sep 20234 Jan 2025

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 0.56 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.