People · Uruguay
Octavio Arocena
4×4 · top 0.79% of 85,040 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016AROC02
Octavio Arocena has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.28, set at Altavista NxN 2023, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Uruguay. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2016, he has put 641 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.27 in July 2017 to 7.61, a 53% improvement. Octavio has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 25.28 | 30.32 | top 0.79% | 1 / 103 | |
| 3×3 | 7.61 | 8.60 | top 2.2% | 9 / 515 | |
| 5×5 | 58.24 | 1:02.86 | top 4.7% | 3 / 56 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 5.50 | top 4.9% | 9 / 149 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.36 | 18.58 | top 8.9% | 10 / 95 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.24 | top 10.1% | 31 / 276 | |
| 6×6 | 2:06.60 | 2:18.55 | top 14.0% | 4 / 26 | |
| 7×7 | 3:22.53 | 3:34.02 | top 17.2% | 5 / 19 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.79 | 2:08.98 | top 37.5% | 24 / 43 | |
| Skewb | 11.20 | 14.54 | top 61.9% | 48 / 79 |
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
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Berisso al Cubo 2023.
- 12 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at Montevideo en Llamas 2021.
- 19 Sep 2021Three personal bests in one day at Montevideo ReOpen 2021.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Montevideo Bisiesto 2020.
- 22 Sep 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Montevideo Palace 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Five personal bests in one day at Montevideo Palace 2018.
Competitions
- Altavista Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Nacionales Uruguayas 2023 · 6 Oct 2023
- Cervantes Cubea 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Montevideo Winter Open 2023 · 13 Aug 2023
- Evento al Qbo 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
- Berisso al Cubo 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Altavista NxN 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Montevideo en Llamas 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- FING Open 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Montevideo en Llamas 2021 · 12 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Montevideo ReOpen 2021 · 19 Sep 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Montevideo Bisiesto 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Nacionales Uruguayo 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Pando City Open 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Stickers Punta del Este Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Montevideo Palace 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Montevideo Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Frikifest 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Montevideo Winter Open 2017 · 16 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wirewood 2 2016 · 28 Aug 2016
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.
- Agustín Diano — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Sebastiano Benato — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
- Bruno Lezama — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.