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Mauricio Valdez Lopez

2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014LOPE25

Mauricio Valdez Lopez has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Tonallan Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 290th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2014, he has put 85 official solves on the record across eight events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.72 in December 2014 to 2.39, a 58% improvement. Mauricio has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.39
signature single · Tonallan Open 2018
85
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×22.394.68
top 7.9%290 / 3,018
3×313.5816.57
top 19.5%1,069 / 4,263
4×455.591:02.57
top 31.4%709 / 1,845
Skewb8.2213.13
top 43.0%581 / 1,157
3×3 one-handed30.7632.59
top 48.4%884 / 1,672
Pyraminx10.7614.07
top 58.8%1,281 / 2,003
5×52:31.882:58.02
top 66.6%731 / 1,010
Megaminx3:04.34
early days — 2 solves808 / 1,042

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

CUCEI Championship 2014: 5.72CUCEI Open 2015: 5.82Tonallan Open 2018: 2.392.395.8213 Dec 201423 Jun 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.