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Nelson Javier Ariza Santamaría

2×2 · top 49.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018SANT40

Nelson Javier Ariza Santamaría has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.83, set at Prenacionales 2019, puts him in the top 49.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,603rd in Colombia. Across 5 competitions since June 2018, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Nelson has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 49.1% of 189,179 all-time
5.83
signature single · Prenacionales 2019
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
2×25.837.47
top 49.1%1,603 / 3,643
Skewb12.2720.80
top 67.4%712 / 1,073
3×345.3448.13
top 82.4%4,535 / 5,867

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

Prenacionales Calima Cube 2018: 48.70Bogotá Free Comic Cubing 2019: 45.34Prenacionales 2019: 50.44Bogotá Championship 2019: 47.69Avenida Chile III 2023: 51.4845.3451.4816 Jun 201817 Sep 2023

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-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-12 Skewb single — 49,019 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.