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José Miguel Lanz Mendoza

3×3 one-handed · top 3.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013MEND05

José Miguel Lanz Mendoza has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.12, set at Mérida Summer 2016, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Venezuela. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2013, he has put 585 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.22 in September 2013 to 8.38, a 45% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 3.2% of 73,695 all-time
12.12
signature single · Mérida Summer 2016
585
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
3×3 one-handed12.1215.41
top 3.2%6 / 262
2×21.723.39
top 3.2%14 / 550
3×38.389.93
top 3.5%28 / 1,005
4×432.6039.82
top 4.7%10 / 258
Skewb3.255.27
top 6.3%13 / 151
Pyraminx4.098.15
top 8.1%32 / 410
5×51:11.401:19.45
top 12.6%11 / 112
Megaminx1:11.011:19.66
top 16.2%18 / 115
Square-116.5930.99
top 20.0%10 / 52
Clock14.9921.68
top 47.9%32 / 64
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 2 solves23 / 44
6×64:28.324:54.17
early days — 3 solves30 / 44

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

Venezuela Open 2013: 15.22Apollo Open 2014: 13.17Festival Del Cubo Caracas 2015: 11.43Venezuela Nationals 2015: 8.38Legends of Rubik 2016: 9.03Mérida Summer 2016: 9.63Capital Cube 2017: 8.88Latin America Cubing Tour - Mérida 2017: 8.438.3815.2229 Sep 20131 Jul 2017

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.