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Justine Valdez

3×3 · top 50.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020VALD01

Justine Valdez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.08, set at Butler Blitz 2023, puts him in the top 50.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,265th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since January 2020, he has put 57 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.16 in January 2020 to 6.86, a 39% improvement. Justine has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.6% of 284,439 all-time
24.08
signature single · Butler Blitz 2023
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×324.0830.18
top 50.6%5,265 / 11,709
Pyraminx10.1032.53
top 53.8%3,101 / 5,993
2×26.867.85
top 59.3%4,755 / 8,567
4×42:20.75
early days — 3 solves2,797 / 3,051
Skewb20.8736.90
top 90.9%3,222 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed1:15.18
early days — 2 solves2,395 / 2,659

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

Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 11.16Perth Late Night 2020: 10.55Speedy South Perth 2020: 8.91Butler Blitz 2023: 6.866.8611.164 Jan 202021 Oct 2023

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.08 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.