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Javier Soto Bustos

3×3 · top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008SOTO02

Javier Soto Bustos has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.43, set at Portugal Open 2009, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 477th in Spain. Across 7 competitions since April 2008, he has put 180 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.27 in April 2008 to 11.43, a 58% improvement. Javier has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.43
signature single · Portugal Open 2009
180
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×311.4313.34
top 11.9%477 / 5,141
2×23.806.57
top 23.9%909 / 3,845
4×41:02.461:10.93
top 39.1%582 / 1,762
3×3 blindfolded5:10.00
early days — 3 solves203 / 273
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves
early days — 1 solve214 / 282
Pyraminx16.0229.21
top 85.2%2,368 / 2,865
3×3 one-handed1:02.34
top 85.2%1,041 / 1,315
5×53:46.93
top 89.7%728 / 863
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 10:50
early days — 2 solves104 / 109

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

Madrid Open 2008: 27.27European Championship 2008: 16.00Spanish Championship 2008: 12.40Madrid Open 2009: 13.19Portugal Open 2009: 11.43Spanish Championship 2009: 12.47Berkeley Summer 2015: 11.9011.4327.275 Apr 200812 Sep 2015

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.