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José Gregorio Pernía Salas

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014SALA09

José Gregorio Pernía Salas has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Hi-Tech Rodeo Plaza 2016, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Venezuela. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2014, he has put 588 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.03 in April 2014 to 10.65, an 84% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.34
signature single · Hi-Tech Rodeo Plaza 2016
588
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
2×21.344.61
top 1.5%6 / 550
3×310.6512.81
top 9.4%90 / 1,005
3×3 one-handed17.8119.83
top 14.6%44 / 262
Megaminx1:13.861:41.30
top 18.0%23 / 115
Clock9.0110.91
top 20.0%15 / 64
Pyraminx7.2611.92
top 30.0%125 / 410
4×454.6757.83
top 30.3%79 / 258
5×52:34.61
early days — 3 solves85 / 112
Square-155.881:26.72
top 81.0%43 / 52

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

Coliseo de Tovar 2014: 1:08.03Los Andes 2014: 27.16Cubing Mérida 2014: 20.73ULA Rubiks Reloaded 2015: 18.85Abrakadabra Magic 2015: 16.46Ejido Mall Challenge 2015: 16.67Ejido Summer 2015: 16.48Ejido Mall Open 2015: 12.39Cubing Mérida 2015: 15.60Speedcubing Mérida 2016: 13.20Andes Open 2016: 12.53Mérida Summer 2016: 12.69Hi-Tech Rodeo Plaza 2016: 12.80Venezuela Nationals 2016: 10.94Piedemonte 2017: 12.00Latin America Cubing Tour - Mérida 2017: 10.65Reencuentro Mérida 2018: 11.5110.651:08.0319 Apr 201427 Oct 2018

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

Targets move as he improves.