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Mateo Franco

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017FRAN15

Mateo Franco has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Happy Spring MDQ 2018, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Argentina. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 194 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.94 in September 2017 to 1.36, a 65% improvement. Mateo has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.36
signature single · Happy Spring MDQ 2018
194
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingArgentina
2×21.363.74
top 1.6%18 / 1,203
3×311.6414.04
top 12.6%210 / 1,694
4×451.3855.67
top 26.4%150 / 615
Megaminx1:28.411:36.58
top 27.2%109 / 314
3×3 one-handed23.6329.37
top 30.5%156 / 598
Pyraminx8.9511.94
top 44.4%355 / 830
Skewb9.1313.12
top 49.3%214 / 405
5×52:19.992:24.92
top 61.0%174 / 296
Square-11:01.27
early days — 1 solve129 / 157

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

Happy Winter MDQ 2017: 3.94Happy Autumn MDQ 2018: 3.11Happy Spring MDQ 2018: 1.361.363.942 Sep 201717 Nov 2018

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 0.36 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.