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Josue Leiva

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017LEIV01

Josue Leiva has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.81, set at Cubing Party Xela 2022, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Guatemala. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2017, he has put 447 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.70 in March 2017 to 7.81, a 50% improvement. Josue has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.81
signature single · Cubing Party Xela 2022
447
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
3×37.8110.93
top 2.5%11 / 1,226
Square-111.0218.31
top 8.0%3 / 86
4×437.9242.07
top 9.7%25 / 303
2×22.894.04
top 13.0%82 / 717
Megaminx1:05.521:11.40
top 13.0%25 / 134
3×3 one-handed18.3320.09
top 16.0%43 / 303
Pyraminx6.5221.20
top 24.0%97 / 466
3×3 blindfolded1:38.99
early days — 3 solves11 / 47
5×51:36.641:43.95
top 32.8%53 / 151
Skewb16.6319.17
top 83.1%163 / 199

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

Guatemala Nationals 2017: 15.70Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017: 12.92Rubik Xela Open 2017: 11.03GuateMaya Open 2017: 10.18Xela Open 2018: 11.40Luna de Xelajú 2018: 10.99GuateMaya Open 2018: 11.09Cubing Party Xela 2022: 7.81Vení a Cubear a Toto 2022: 8.997.8115.7025 Mar 201716 Jul 2022

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.