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Fernando Plata Estrada
Pyraminx · top 8.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ESTR07
Fernando Plata Estrada has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.15, set at South Carolina 2017, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,156th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 146 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.48 in August 2017 to 13.51, a 63% improvement. Fernando has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 7.80 | top 8.4% | 2,156 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.51 | 17.83 | top 19.2% | 10,340 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 6.10 | top 21.4% | 8,387 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.68 | 12.19 | top 38.9% | 6,678 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.99 | 1:29.50 | top 56.7% | 9,762 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.25 | 43.16 | top 57.7% | 8,045 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 27.07 | 30.26 | top 80.4% | 7,102 / 8,927 |
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
- 12 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.51 at Carolina Cubers United 2018.
- 30 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 19.11 at South Carolina 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.11 at South Carolina 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017Seven personal bests in one day at South Carolina 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017First competition: Classic City Summer 2017. A 36.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cape Fear Cubing 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Crossroads Cubing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Carolina Cubers United 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- South Carolina 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Classic City Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Katie Hull — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Silas Starling — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.