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Francisco Rosales

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015ROSA11

Francisco Rosales has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at SCU Open 2017, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in Chile. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since August 2015, he has put 726 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.21 in August 2015 to 8.08, a 78% improvement. Francisco has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.08
signature single · SCU Open 2017
726
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
3×38.0810.55
top 2.9%50 / 2,080
Square-18.5710.25
top 3.8%11 / 176
Skewb3.185.21
top 5.9%22 / 314
Pyraminx4.057.06
top 7.9%52 / 871
2×22.693.66
top 10.8%124 / 1,303
4×444.2150.01
top 17.3%128 / 562
3×3 one-handed20.9025.88
top 23.0%113 / 458
Megaminx1:36.161:46.07
top 32.2%93 / 196
5×51:44.051:56.23
top 38.4%126 / 223
Clock22.5136.06
top 71.3%81 / 101
6×64:43.21—
early days — 1 solve90 / 97

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

Instituto Nacional Open 2015: 37.21Instituto Nacional Open 2016: 14.87Sótero del Río 2016: 13.25CAVA Open 2016: 13.37Florida 2016: 13.40IN OPEN 2.0 2017: 10.47Rubik Soletta Santiago 2017: 9.31Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017: 10.20Open La Florida 2017: 9.88DEC Open 2017: 8.65SCU Open 2017: 8.08Instituto Nacional Open 2017: 10.76CCP 2018: 10.07La Serena Open 2018: 9.80Santiago UV de Otoño 2018: 9.72LGA Open 2018: 11.53Melipilla Open 2019: 10.81Open Ovalle Summer 2024: 8.808.0837.2129 Aug 20159 Mar 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.