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Misael Peñafiel

2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017PENA12

Misael Peñafiel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at Pre-Nacionales UP 2023, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Panama. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 138 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.49 in September 2017 to 10.94, a 29% improvement. Misael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.17
signature single · Pre-Nacionales UP 2023
138
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPanama
2×22.172.90
top 6.0%10 / 192
3×310.9413.42
top 10.3%30 / 278
Skewb4.376.79
top 13.5%11 / 65
3×3 one-handed18.5723.50
top 16.6%16 / 77
Megaminx1:30.391:37.41
top 28.4%11 / 36
4×41:01.921:04.84
top 38.6%35 / 71

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

Panamá Open 2017: 15.49Panamá Kocka 2019: 11.96Pre-Nacionales UP 2023: 10.94Skewb Wins Panamá 2024: 12.0810.9415.4930 Sep 201718 May 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.