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Mauricio Briones Montes

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MONT13

Mauricio Briones Montes has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.72, set at Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in Mexico. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2016, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in July 2016 to 8.72, a 35% improvement. Mauricio has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.72
signature single · Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.7211.71
top 4.2%212 / 4,263
2×22.775.37
top 11.7%449 / 3,018
4×450.881:04.79
top 25.8%582 / 1,845
3×3 one-handed25.8329.50
top 36.4%669 / 1,672
5×52:20.432:26.52
top 61.2%682 / 1,010

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

Tlaxcala Open 2016: 13.40Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017: 8.728.7213.402 Jul 20166 May 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.