People · Ecuador
Luis Fernando Zambrano Castillo
2×2 · top 5.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019CAST09
Luis Fernando Zambrano Castillo has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Ibarra Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Ecuador. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2019, he has put 206 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.25 in March 2019 to 11.35, a 41% improvement. Luis has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 4.67 | top 5.3% | 24 / 686 | |
| 3×3 | 11.35 | 13.69 | top 11.7% | 126 / 1,104 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.62 | 28.14 | top 25.0% | 73 / 243 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.81 | 15.95 | top 34.7% | 148 / 395 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.52 | 1:50.36 | top 36.3% | 53 / 115 |
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
- 26 Feb 2022Three personal bests in one day at UIO 2022.
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First competition: Sumak Kawsay 2019. A 19.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ecuador Cubing 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Ecuador Nationals 2022 · 26 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- UIO 2022 · 26 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Quito Open 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ibarra Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sumak Kawsay 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
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.
- Bolivar Chafla — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ronny Morocho — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.