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Luis Roberto Franco Esquivel

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014ESQU01

Luis Roberto Franco Esquivel has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at NxN México 2017, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 293rd in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2014, he has put 568 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.81 in March 2014 to 10.57, a 44% improvement. Luis has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.40
signature single · NxN México 2017
568
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×22.403.33
top 8.0%293 / 3,018
3×310.5712.95
top 9.2%490 / 4,263
Pyraminx4.406.62
top 9.7%250 / 2,003
3×3 one-handed16.9820.31
top 12.5%229 / 1,672
4×447.2755.34
top 21.2%467 / 1,845
5×51:35.681:39.00
top 32.1%365 / 1,010
Skewb8.4811.23
top 44.9%601 / 1,157
Megaminx2:21.412:26.20
top 57.1%651 / 1,042
7×75:22.815:54.01
top 57.6%262 / 472
6×63:43.493:52.82
top 59.9%308 / 510
Square-159.93
top 83.6%418 / 516
3×3 blindfolded7:21.09
early days — 3 solves231 / 251

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

Fénix 2014: 18.81SIGI 2014: 16.05Aguascalientes Summer 2014: 15.22Demente Querétaro Open 2014: 13.08CUCEI Championship 2014: 12.03Copa Rubik Sigi 2015: 10.69Aguascalientes Summer 2015: 11.53Live Your Dream 2016: 11.44Rubik Expomagyc 2016: 12.41Metro Cubing Fest 2016: 14.48Argetlam 2016: 14.86Clásico 2016: 11.62NxN México 2017: 10.5710.5718.8129 Mar 201425 Feb 2017

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 0.40 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.