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Paulo Salgado Alvarez

Pyraminx · top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010ALVA01

Paulo Salgado Alvarez has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Cuberos.cl 2nd Anniversary Open 2011, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Chile. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2010, he has put 966 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.34 in May 2010 to 12.86, a 49% improvement. Paulo has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time
2.94
signature single · Cuberos.cl 2nd Anniversary Open 2011
966
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
Pyraminx2.945.06
top 3.4%21 / 871
3×312.8615.13
top 16.9%327 / 2,080
2×23.325.12
top 18.0%230 / 1,303
3×3 one-handed20.0227.69
top 20.5%97 / 458
5×51:29.231:32.97
top 26.6%85 / 223
4×452.0554.85
top 27.2%194 / 562
7×74:24.294:37.26
top 39.2%35 / 76
Megaminx1:53.902:15.30
top 42.5%123 / 196
6×63:03.943:14.73
top 43.0%54 / 97
3×3 blindfolded2:34.473:56.06
top 44.7%15 / 58
Square-131.4241.11
top 52.1%109 / 176
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 3 solves23 / 40
Clock29.6335.56
top 83.9%93 / 101
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 13:27
early days — 1 solve13 / 13

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

Cuberos.cl Open 2010: 25.34Campeonato de Invierno 2010: 23.13Bicentenario Open 2010: 21.08Abierto W. A. Mozart 2010: 21.36chilerubik.cl 2011: 17.36Earthquake Open 2011: 16.53SSCC Open 2011: 17.16Cuberos.cl 2nd Anniversary Open 2011: 13.25Aplicarubick Open 2011: 17.61Campeonato Nacional 2011: 12.86PLG Open 2012: 15.46Macul Autumn 2012: 15.83Southsim 2012: 14.12Campeonato Nacional 2012: 15.66Las Lomas 2013: 13.63Campeonato Nacional Chile 2013: 14.32Instituto Nacional Open 2015: 13.28Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017: 14.5312.8625.3422 May 201010 Jun 2017

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.