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Federico Sánchez Motellón

3×3 · top 34.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009SANC01

Federico Sánchez Motellón has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.27, set at Dual Games 2013, puts him in the top 34.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,468th in Spain. Across 5 competitions since February 2009, he has put 137 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.71 in February 2009 to 18.27, a 34% improvement. Federico has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.9% of 284,439 all-time
18.27
signature single · Dual Games 2013
137
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×318.2721.34
top 34.9%1,468 / 5,141
2×25.166.88
top 41.3%1,486 / 3,845
3×3 one-handed31.0035.53
top 48.9%580 / 1,315
Pyraminx11.2123.15
top 62.0%1,714 / 2,865
4×41:44.271:58.07
top 73.4%1,155 / 1,762
5×55:23.13
early days — 2 solves822 / 863

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

Murcia Open 2009: 27.71Murcia Open 2010: 20.52Molina Open 2013: 19.84Murcia Open 2013: 19.47Dual Games 2013: 18.2718.2727.7128 Feb 200918 May 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.27 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.