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Penelope Gala Almeida

2×2 · top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022ALME04

Penelope Gala Almeida has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at WCC Western Championship 2022, puts her in the top 14.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,760th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since April 2022, she has put 199 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 37.41 in April 2022 to 14.16, a 62% improvement. Penelope has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.04
signature single · WCC Western Championship 2022
199
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.047.46
top 14.7%5,760 / 40,951
3×314.1620.16
top 21.5%11,629 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.2210.47
top 38.1%10,871 / 28,708
Skewb7.7912.02
top 39.7%6,838 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed37.6251.40
top 61.8%8,718 / 15,683
4×41:59.14
early days — 2 solves15,139 / 19,072

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

San Diego Spring 2022: 37.41A Bruin Cube Day 2022: 32.61Diamond Bar September 2022: 24.50WCC Western Championship 2022: 17.33Circle City Supercharged 2022: 21.59Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 22.97Cubing in the Valley 2023: 19.68Pride in Long Beach 2023: 20.34Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 21.69Corona Summer 2023: 20.30Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 16.13USC Cubing 2024: 14.1614.1637.4116 Apr 20223 Feb 2024

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.16 away.

Targets move as she improves.