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Julian Ortega
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ORTE06
Julian Ortega has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,929th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2023, he has put 233 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.96 in February 2023 to 8.34, a 58% improvement. Julian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 12.41 | top 3.4% | 1,929 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 5.07 | top 9.9% | 3,907 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 10.66 | top 14.4% | 3,762 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.64 | 1:21.84 | top 19.1% | 1,296 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.83 | 1:04.25 | top 38.4% | 6,227 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.39 | 12.93 | top 44.2% | 7,777 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.43 | 39.01 | top 47.6% | 6,489 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 15.04 | 19.69 | top 48.1% | 3,905 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.95 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,904 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:21.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,860 / 4,196 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.34 at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024.
- 30 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 10 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Fall 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at DFW Cubing Summer 2023.
- 26 Feb 2023First competition: Cedar Park Winter 2023. A 19.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 2023
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.
- Desmond Carman — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Siwoo Kim — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.