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Fernando Israel Zúñiga Macedo

3×3 blindfolded · top 1.8% of 12,334 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014MACE02

Fernando Israel Zúñiga Macedo has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 21.36, set at Misión México 2019, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Mexico. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since March 2014, he has put 472 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.38 in March 2014 to 9.24, a 19% improvement. Fernando has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 1.8% of 12,334 all-time
21.36
signature single · Misión México 2019
472
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×3 blindfolded21.3629.62
top 1.8%2 / 251
3×3 Multi-Blind25 of 25 cubes · 54:33—
top 2.4%1 / 87
3×39.2412.36
top 5.5%283 / 4,305
3×3 one-handed15.9923.63
top 10.3%177 / 1,685
2×23.095.62
top 15.4%611 / 3,043
4×4 blindfolded4:29.775:53.15
top 18.1%10 / 40
4×450.551:00.48
top 25.5%580 / 1,858
5×5 blindfolded12:47.0014:35.00
top 32.1%6 / 22
5×51:37.451:58.07
top 33.5%379 / 1,012
Megaminx2:19.58—
early days — 2 solves651 / 1,063
Pyraminx13.1417.24
top 73.7%1,595 / 2,014
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves—
early days — 1 solve267 / 317

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

Fénix 2014: 11.38Copa Rubik Sigi 2015: 13.71Clásico 2015: 13.90Metro Cubing Fest 2016: 14.98Aguascalientes Summer 2016: 13.19Clásico 2016: 12.64NxN México 2017: 12.37Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017: 11.21TimerTon 2018: 9.24Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018: 12.65Puebla Be Quiet 2018: 12.53Mexican Championship 2018: 14.99Cuernavaca Summer 2018: 10.23Beyond Zacatecas 2019: 12.99Roble Cubing Open 2019: 11.09Cubing Zacatecas 2019: 10.579.2414.9929 Mar 201414 Dec 2019

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 blindfolded single — 176 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.