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Etcher Maldonado

3×3 · top 46.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023MALD04

Etcher Maldonado has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.54, set at Lucky Lynnwood 2023, puts him in the top 46.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,099th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since July 2023, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.83 in July 2023 to 22.54, a 19% improvement. Etcher has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 46.8% of 284,439 all-time
22.54
signature single · Lucky Lynnwood 2023
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.5429.30
top 46.8%27,099 / 59,724
2×27.9510.18
top 67.5%27,879 / 40,951
Pyraminx15.1718.81
top 82.4%24,346 / 28,708

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

Maltby Mega Special 2023: 27.83SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023: 25.84Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 22.54Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024: 27.78Lakewood Newcomers 2024: 26.2122.5427.839 Jul 202323 Mar 2024

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 2.54 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.