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Mario Alvarenga

3×3 · top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ALVA02

Mario Alvarenga has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.13, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2017, puts him in the top 28.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,435th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2017, he has put 45 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.66 in January 2017 to 16.13, a 44% improvement. Mario has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time
16.13
signature single · Slow N Steady Spring 2017
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.1321.29
top 28.2%15,435 / 59,724
2×24.655.70
top 34.9%13,894 / 40,951
Megaminx2:17.602:32.14
top 55.1%4,140 / 7,841
4×41:25.49
early days — 2 solves10,460 / 19,072
Square-141.61
early days — 3 solves4,433 / 6,743
Pyraminx14.1918.85
top 78.6%23,286 / 28,708

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

Rockville Winter 2017: 28.66Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 16.13Maryland 2017: 17.5916.1328.6614 Jan 20177 Oct 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.