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Joaquin Ortega

3×3 · top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018ORTE03

Joaquin Ortega has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.04, set at Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 143rd in Guatemala. Across 8 competitions since February 2018, he has put 163 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.61 in February 2018 to 13.04, a 45% improvement. Joaquin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.04
signature single · Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019
163
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
3×313.0414.92
top 17.6%143 / 1,226
2×23.406.11
top 19.0%121 / 717
3×3 one-handed22.4827.04
top 27.3%74 / 303
4×457.101:01.61
top 33.2%101 / 303
Pyraminx10.0812.58
top 53.6%230 / 466
Clock33.96
early days — 1 solve51 / 62
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves
early days — 1 solve47 / 50
6×66:41.91
early days — 1 solve53 / 56

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

Big Bang Open 2018: 23.61Nacionales Guatemala 2018: 19.86Ixchel 2018: 16.32IGA 2018: 15.46Los Próceres 2019: 15.68Amatitlán 2019: 13.11Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019: 13.04Nacionales Guatemala 2019: 13.6213.0423.6110 Feb 201822 Nov 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.