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José Luis Medina Mendez

3×3 · top 32.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007MEDI01

José Luis Medina Mendez has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.58, set at Madrid Open 2009, puts him in the top 32.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,374th in Spain. Across 4 competitions since November 2007, he has put 43 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.59 in November 2007 to 17.58, a 39% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.58
signature single · Madrid Open 2009
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×317.5821.69
top 32.8%1,374 / 5,141
2×28.1813.57
top 68.9%2,392 / 3,845

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

Spanish Championship 2007: 28.59Madrid Open 2008: 19.80European Championship 2008: 19.30Madrid Open 2009: 17.5817.5828.5924 Nov 200710 Jul 2009

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.58 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.