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Joaquin Abarca

Skewb · top 0.32% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ABAR02

Joaquin Abarca has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at Newmarket Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Canada. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,367 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.32 in September 2017 to 6.02, a 47% improvement. Joaquin has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.32% of 73,281 all-time
1.40
signature single · Newmarket Open 2019
1,367
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Skewb1.403.00
top 0.32%4 / 2,907
3×36.027.18
top 0.49%38 / 10,392
4×426.7933.31
top 1.3%28 / 3,118
2×21.302.61
top 1.4%89 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed11.8214.25
top 2.8%55 / 2,620
Pyraminx2.754.13
top 2.8%100 / 4,858
5×51:02.161:09.65
top 6.7%75 / 1,499
Megaminx1:04.651:18.26
top 12.5%109 / 1,375
Square-113.6016.94
top 13.3%106 / 952
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.33
top 17.4%56 / 283
3×3 blindfolded1:37.221:54.09
top 25.6%81 / 351
6×62:43.823:07.52
top 32.9%170 / 665
Clock12.2414.57
top 36.1%325 / 1,029
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 23:04—
top 54.0%62 / 112

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

Battle of Waterloo 2017: 11.32Pickering 2017: 11.04Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 9.91Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 8.54Pickering Spring 2018: 7.39Upstate Cubing 2018: 7.49Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 7.43Newmarket Open 2018: 7.55Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 6.82Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 6.83Ajax Winter 2019: 6.55Return to Toronto 2019: 6.998 Wing Limited 2019: 6.43Upstate Cubing 2019: 6.46Newmarket Open 2019: 6.95Canadian Championship 2019: 6.40CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 6.37Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 6.69Battle of Waterloo 2019: 6.02Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 6.99Canandaigua Winter 2020: 6.90Leap to Barrie 2020: 6.356.0211.3223 Sep 201729 Feb 2020

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.

  • Ryan Wu — met in 240 rounds, finished ahead 130 times
  • Brennen Lin — met in 217 rounds, finished ahead 145 times
  • Roan Paone — met in 192 rounds, finished ahead 126 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.