People · Chile
Fernando Palacios Morales
3×3 one-handed · top 3.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015MORA01
Fernando Palacios Morales has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.66, set at LGA Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Chile. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since February 2015, he has put 413 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.45 in February 2015 to 9.29, a 36% improvement. Fernando has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.66 | 16.82 | top 3.9% | 19 / 458 | |
| 3×3 | 9.29 | 11.53 | top 5.6% | 110 / 2,080 | |
| 4×4 | 49.06 | 57.73 | top 23.6% | 167 / 562 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:34.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 42 / 58 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at Santiago UV de Otoño 2018.
- 1 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Rubik Soletta Santiago 2017.
- 29 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at Instituto Nacional Open 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015First competition: La Florida Open 2015. A 14.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Curicó al Cubo 2022 · 11 Dec 2022
- Santiago UV Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- LGA Open 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Santiago UV de Otoño 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- La Serena Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Melipilla Open 2018 · 14 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Open La Florida 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik Soletta Santiago 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- IN OPEN 2.0 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Florida 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- CAVA Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sótero del Río 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Instituto Nacional Open 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato Chileno de Verano 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
- Santa Rosa Open 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Instituto Nacional Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Campeonato Chileno de Invierno 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- La Florida Open V2 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
- La Florida Open 2015 · 28 Feb 2015
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.
- Leopoldo Andrés Ibarra Fuentes — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Felipe Medel — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- José Garrido — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.