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Melklauss Mendoza

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018MEND01

Melklauss Mendoza has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Cusco Speedcubing III 2019, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 227th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2018, he has put 172 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.44 in January 2018 to 9.24, a 50% improvement. Melklauss has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.24
signature single · Cusco Speedcubing III 2019
172
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
3×39.2413.05
top 5.4%227 / 4,344
2×23.033.99
top 14.6%399 / 2,419
3×3 one-handed19.2127.60
top 18.4%237 / 812
4×448.3354.77
top 22.5%288 / 844
Megaminx1:45.141:49.19
top 37.6%245 / 372
3×3 blindfolded6:05.38
early days — 1 solve121 / 134

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

Cusco Speedcubing 2018: 18.44Cusco Speedcubing 2019: 14.73Cusco Speedcubing II 2019: 15.20Cusco Speedcubing III 2019: 9.24Cusco Speedcubing 2021: 10.68Cusco Speedcubing 2022: 10.699.2418.446 Jan 201810 Dec 2022

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 1.24 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.