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Jose Encarnacion

3×3 · top 52.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2006 · 2006ENCA01

Jose Encarnacion has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.75, set at San Diego competition 2007, puts him in the top 52.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,439th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2006, he has put 27 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.73 in August 2006 to 24.75, a 49% improvement. Jose has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 52.1% of 284,439 all-time
24.75
signature single · San Diego competition 2007
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×324.7535.45
top 52.1%30,439 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:07.791:20.65
top 88.0%13,380 / 15,683

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

US Nationals 2006: 48.73UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 39.05Caltech Winter competition 2007: 33.99Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 30.23San Diego competition 2007: 24.7524.7548.734 Aug 200626 May 2007

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.

  • Jeff Chiu — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Chris Dzoan — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Zheng — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.75 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 7.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.