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Paul Aguirre

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017AGUI21

Paul Aguirre has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at Liberty Science Center Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,946th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.16 in December 2017 to 9.90, a 19% improvement. Paul has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.90
signature single · Liberty Science Center Open 2018
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9012.17
top 7.2%3,946 / 59,724
Skewb4.739.26
top 16.2%2,543 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed19.1727.73
top 18.3%2,352 / 15,683
2×24.244.75
top 29.6%11,738 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.9110.28
top 35.4%10,017 / 28,708

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

Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 12.16New York City Spring 2018: 11.85Princeton Fall 2018: 10.44Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 9.909.9012.1616 Dec 20178 Dec 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.