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Jose Israel Cajigal Castillo

Skewb · top 5.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CAST38

Jose Israel Cajigal Castillo has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.10, set at Big State Chihuahua 2019, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in Mexico. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2016, he has put 122 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in July 2016 to 9.71, a 25% improvement. Jose has entered two competitions.

Skewb
best event — top 5.5% of 73,281 all-time
3.10
signature single · Big State Chihuahua 2019
122
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
Skewb3.107.89
top 5.5%93 / 1,157
Pyraminx3.524.46
top 5.5%137 / 2,003
3×39.7113.12
top 6.7%349 / 4,263
2×22.262.87
top 6.7%245 / 3,018
4×436.0747.27
top 7.7%163 / 1,845
3×3 one-handed16.8021.85
top 12.1%218 / 1,672
5×51:29.791:40.62
top 27.1%307 / 1,010
Megaminx1:44.531:51.57
top 37.3%424 / 1,042
3×3 blindfolded4:47.09
early days — 2 solves164 / 251

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

Prime One Chihuahua 2016: 12.99Big State Chihuahua 2019: 9.719.7112.9917 Jul 201619 Jan 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.