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Marco Valdez

3×3 · top 32.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011VALD01

Marco Valdez has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.56, set at Waterloo Open Fall 2012, puts him in the top 32.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,811th in Mexico. Across 4 competitions since August 2011, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.56 in August 2011 to 17.56, a 29% improvement. Marco has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.7% of 284,439 all-time
17.56
signature single · Waterloo Open Fall 2012
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×317.5621.05
top 32.7%1,811 / 4,263
2×28.5510.50
top 71.1%2,343 / 3,018

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

Canadian Open 2011: 24.56Toronto Open Winter 2012: 20.71Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 17.56Oslo Fall 2013: 17.7017.5624.5620 Aug 201114 Oct 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.56 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.