People · Mexico
Paola Claudio Fonseca
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022FONS03
Paola Claudio Fonseca has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Come Back to Landvetter 2024, puts her in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in Mexico. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2022, she has put 331 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 10.21 in July 2022 to 8.31, a 19% improvement. Paola has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.61 | 4.26 | top 2.6% | 88 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 | 8.31 | 9.06 | top 3.4% | 163 / 4,263 | |
| 4×4 | 42.15 | 49.61 | top 14.7% | 330 / 1,845 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.06 | 24.75 | top 15.2% | 279 / 1,672 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.85 | 1:30.30 | top 20.6% | 234 / 1,010 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.24 | 1:55.60 | top 38.3% | 438 / 1,042 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:08.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 144 / 251 |
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
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Come Back to Landvetter 2024.
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Landvetter Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mölnlycke Open 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Herrljunga Open 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Herrljunga Open 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022First competition: Warm Up Stockholm 2022. A 11.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stockholmsligan Saba - Nyani 2025 · 15 May 2025
- Stockholmsligan 414: Kampen Börjar - 2024 · 27 Aug 2024
- Clockeborg 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Come Back to Landvetter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Landvetter Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mölnlycke Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Herrljunga Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Warm Up Stockholm 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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 her.
- Pep Edén — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Rasmus Händén — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Anders Berggren — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as she improves.