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Juan Pablo Mendez Martinez

2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017MART52

Juan Pablo Mendez Martinez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Los Próceres 2019, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Guatemala. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2017, he has put 320 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in May 2017 to 9.69, a 42% improvement. Juan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.01
signature single · Los Próceres 2019
320
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
2×22.016.13
top 4.8%18 / 717
3×39.6911.68
top 6.6%41 / 1,226
4×438.1344.05
top 9.9%28 / 303
5×51:07.671:16.74
top 10.0%13 / 151
6×62:15.912:25.90
top 18.5%11 / 56
3×3 one-handed20.8726.32
top 22.9%62 / 303
7×73:38.943:59.55
top 23.1%13 / 48
Pyraminx8.3611.30
top 39.3%163 / 466

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

Villa Nueva Open 2017: 16.78Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017: 16.88IGA Rubik 2017: 14.24Guatemala Championship 2017: 11.86Big Bang Open 2018: 11.55IGA 2018: 11.64Los Próceres 2019: 11.72Nacionales Guatemala 2019: 11.80Santa Ana Open 2022: 9.69Cubing Party Xela 2022: 10.01Eskala 2022: 10.179.6916.8827 May 201711 Jun 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.