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Francisco Armando Rico Rojas

3×3 · top 49.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008ROJA02

Francisco Armando Rico Rojas has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.77, set at Puebla Open 2009, puts him in the top 49.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,638th in Mexico. Across 2 competitions since December 2008, he has put 45 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.31 in December 2008 to 23.77, a 46% improvement. Francisco has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 49.8% of 284,439 all-time
23.77
signature single · Puebla Open 2009
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×323.7727.56
top 49.8%2,638 / 4,263
4×41:53.662:13.87
top 78.7%1,578 / 1,845
5×53:05.213:12.49
top 79.7%851 / 1,010
Megaminx3:36.054:35.18
early days — 3 solves880 / 1,042
2×212.4715.31
top 85.6%2,698 / 3,018
6×65:33.465:48.22
early days — 3 solves452 / 510
Pyraminx17.7525.50
top 89.3%1,825 / 2,003
7×710:42.00
early days — 2 solves465 / 472

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

Mexican Open 2008: 44.31Puebla Open 2009: 23.7723.7744.3120 Dec 200811 Jul 2009

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 3.77 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 23.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.