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Jeann Valdez

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019VALD04

Jeann Valdez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.46, set at Perth Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since May 2019, he has put 1,558 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.46 in May 2019 to 7.46, a 48% improvement. Jeann has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.46
signature single · Perth Autumn 2023
1,558
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.469.11
top 1.9%207 / 11,709
2×21.662.19
top 2.9%233 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed12.6815.23
top 3.9%90 / 2,659
5×557.601:06.92
top 4.4%63 / 1,356
7×72:34.162:53.82
top 4.4%22 / 523
4×432.3535.95
top 4.5%125 / 3,051
6×61:46.961:55.60
top 6.1%37 / 641
Pyraminx3.836.03
top 6.9%300 / 5,993
Skewb3.455.72
top 7.4%204 / 3,534
Megaminx1:04.891:14.17
top 12.6%154 / 1,277
Clock8.859.79
top 19.2%214 / 1,095
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves34.00
top 20.4%102 / 468
Square-118.0124.75
top 23.4%229 / 899
3×3 blindfolded1:44.66—
top 28.2%133 / 394

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

Koalafication Perth 2019: 14.46Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 11.01Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 10.93Speedy South Perth 2020: 9.11South Perth Summer 2020: 8.36Showground Showdown 2021: 8.52Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 8.57WA State Championship 2021: 8.44Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 8.32WA Open 2022: 8.92Australian Nationals 2022: 9.46Butler Blitz 2022: 7.49Perth Autumn 2023: 7.46Perth Time Trial 2023: 7.62WA Open 2023: 8.80Butler Blitz 2023: 8.33Murdoch University Open 2024: 7.72Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 8.77Perth Autumn 2024: 8.81Just Cube and Go Pangasinan 2024: 8.517.4614.4625 May 201928 Dec 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.