People · Peru
Esthephano Ponce
2×2 · top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023HERR25
Esthephano Ponce has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.96, set at TCG Space lV Santa Anita 2025, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Peru. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2023, he has put 411 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.62 in July 2023 to 0.96, a 73% improvement. Esthephano 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 | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.96 | 1.95 | top 0.48% | 10 / 2,419 | |
| 4×4 | 26.49 | 29.29 | top 1.2% | 11 / 844 | |
| 3×3 | 7.38 | 8.10 | top 1.8% | 52 / 4,344 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.10 | 13.44 | top 3.1% | 30 / 812 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.54 | 1:20.77 | top 12.7% | 60 / 329 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Peru Nationals 2024.
- 25 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at TCG Space lll Santa Anita 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023First competition: Lima Cubinvierno 2023. A 12.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- TCG Space lV Santa Anita 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Peru Nationals 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Oso Cubing Fest I Lima 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- TCG Space lll Santa Anita 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima IV 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- TCG Space II Santa Anita 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima II 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lima Cubinvierno 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Francisco Barrenechea Sanchez — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.