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Manuel Barrientos López

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013LOPE05

Manuel Barrientos López has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Demente Querétaro Open 2014, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 158th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2013, he has put 101 official solves on the record across nine events. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.78 in March 2013 to 1.96, a 29% improvement. Manuel has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.96
signature single · Demente Querétaro Open 2014
101
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×21.965.22
top 4.5%158 / 3,018
3×311.6114.37
top 12.5%689 / 4,263
5×51:30.811:45.32
top 28.0%319 / 1,010
4×454.7557.30
top 30.4%685 / 1,845
6×62:43.112:57.51
early days — 3 solves167 / 510
Pyraminx7.7312.49
top 34.0%803 / 2,003
3×3 one-handed26.8132.83
top 38.9%712 / 1,672
7×74:42.844:51.36
early days — 3 solves216 / 472
Square-138.5951.83
top 63.6%316 / 516

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

Goku Open 2013: 2.78Demente Querétaro Open 2014: 1.961.962.7824 Mar 201331 Oct 2014

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.