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Juan María Fernández Palazón

2×2 · top 17.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009PALA01

Juan María Fernández Palazón has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.28, set at Murcia Open 2013, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 668th in Spain. Across 6 competitions since July 2009, he has put 126 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.77 in December 2009 to 3.28, a 63% improvement. Juan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.28
signature single · Murcia Open 2013
126
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×23.286.63
top 17.5%668 / 3,845
3×319.8824.25
top 39.6%1,699 / 5,141
4×41:38.161:44.60
top 69.4%1,088 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed50.381:03.57
top 77.1%953 / 1,315
Pyraminx15.6622.52
top 84.1%2,339 / 2,865
5×55:59.96
early days — 2 solves838 / 863

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 2009: 8.77Madrid Open Rubik 2010: 5.65Spanish Championship 2011: 6.05Molina Open 2013: 4.66Murcia Open 2013: 3.283.288.775 Dec 200913 Apr 2013

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.