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Jonathan Esteban Rivera Castillón

2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009CAST06

Jonathan Esteban Rivera Castillón has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at León Winter 2011, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2009, he has put 368 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.15 in July 2009 to 11.69, a 54% improvement. Jonathan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.65
signature single · León Winter 2011
368
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×21.654.05
top 2.8%97 / 3,018
3×311.6914.15
top 12.8%698 / 4,263
Pyraminx6.3110.52
top 22.3%559 / 2,003
3×3 blindfolded2:01.25
top 33.8%65 / 251
4×41:01.941:09.96
top 38.6%855 / 1,845
Megaminx1:48.832:04.16
top 39.7%455 / 1,042
5×52:12.912:28.97
top 57.0%643 / 1,010
Square-137.8447.41
top 62.6%305 / 516
3×3 one-handed38.1846.51
top 62.6%1,121 / 1,672
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves
early days — 1 solve267 / 317
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 35:26
early days — 1 solve87 / 87

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

Puebla Open 2009: 25.15Toluca Cube Day 2010: 19.06Guadalajara Open 2010: 15.36Guadalajara 2011: 11.94Cubic City 2011: 14.84León Winter 2011: 12.66Kuikuiltik 2012: 13.47Guadalajara Open 2013: 12.38Goku Open 2013: 11.6911.6925.1511 Jul 200924 Mar 2013

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.