People · United States
Neil Morales
3×3 one-handed · top 0.65% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012MORA05
Neil Morales has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.30, set at Caltech Winter Open 2014, puts him in the top 0.65% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in the United States. Until November 2013, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2012, he has put 376 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in August 2012 to 8.97, a 54% improvement. Neil has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.30 | 14.72 | top 0.65% | 101 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 11.12 | top 4.8% | 2,678 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 34.58 | 41.30 | top 6.3% | 973 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 4.20 | top 14.9% | 5,862 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.09 | 1:27.69 | top 15.4% | 1,193 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 4:41.41 | 5:14.34 | top 44.9% | 1,302 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,993 / 6,743 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Fall 2015.
- 17 Jan 2015Three personal bests in one day at Nub Open 2015.
- 16 Nov 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Caltech Fall Open 2013.
- 16 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Fall Open 2013.
- 25 May 2013Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Spring Open 2013.
- 6 Apr 2013Four personal bests in one day at Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013.
Competitions
- Caltech Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2015 · 15 Aug 2015
- Nub Open 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2014 · 9 Aug 2014
- Caltech Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Fall 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Spring Open 2013 · 25 May 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall Open 2012 · 17 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Diamond Bar Open 2012 · 14 Oct 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2012 · 18 Aug 2012
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.
- Samuel Chiu — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- James Hamory — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Michael Young — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.