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María Estefanía Martínez Ayala

2×2 · top 14.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013AYAL01

María Estefanía Martínez Ayala has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at Archena Open 2016, puts her in the top 14.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 556th in Spain. Across 15 competitions since April 2013, she has put 332 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 46.11 in April 2013 to 14.07, a 69% improvement. She has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.01
signature single · Archena Open 2016
332
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×23.015.67
top 14.3%556 / 3,845
3×314.0719.57
top 21.2%874 / 5,141
Skewb9.7413.80
top 53.3%930 / 1,685
Pyraminx14.5419.57
top 80.1%2,231 / 2,865
4×42:12.11
top 86.6%1,402 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed1:04.901:24.72
top 86.6%1,060 / 1,315
Megaminx4:57.887:50.66
top 96.2%795 / 874

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

Murcia Open 2013: 46.11Dual Games 2013: 33.80Válgame Open 2013: 21.75Molina Open 2014: 21.61Murcia Open 2014: 17.22Archena Open 2014: 17.03Villa de Catral 2014: 17.71Murcia 2015: 18.07Archena Open 2015: 15.01Molina Open 2016: 18.00Murcia 2016: 14.07Albacete Open 2016: 19.60Archena Open 2016: 18.83Spanish Championship 2016: 17.17Archena Open 2019: 21.5514.0746.1113 Apr 201313 Jul 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.07 away.

Targets move as she improves.