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Julián Ibarra Díaz

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017DIAZ16

Julián Ibarra Díaz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Tulcan Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Ecuador. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2017, he has put 241 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.46 in September 2017 to 9.40, a 39% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.77
signature single · Tulcan Open 2018
241
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
2×21.773.06
top 3.4%11 / 686
3×39.4012.52
top 5.8%42 / 1,104
Pyraminx5.336.49
top 15.3%68 / 394
Skewb5.126.20
top 19.1%38 / 165
3×3 one-handed20.7426.46
top 22.5%66 / 243
4×449.4355.21
top 24.0%74 / 272
Megaminx1:45.792:01.70
top 38.0%57 / 115
5×51:59.422:16.43
top 48.9%62 / 108
Square-131.61
early days — 2 solves17 / 36
6×66:12.47
early days — 1 solve42 / 42

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

Imbabura Open 2017: 15.46Tulcan Open 2018: 11.93Ecuador Nationals 2018: 11.29Tabacundo Open 2018: 10.62Ibarra Open 2018: 10.69Ecuador Asciende 2018: 9.409.4015.462 Sep 201720 Oct 2018

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.