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Rafael Balderas Cuevas

3×3 · top 22.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016CUEV03

Rafael Balderas Cuevas has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.42, set at Unionville Open Spring 2017, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,243rd in Mexico. Across 2 competitions since April 2016, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.34 in April 2016 to 14.42, a 57% improvement. Rafael has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 22.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.42
signature single · Unionville Open Spring 2017
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×314.4218.23
top 22.4%1,243 / 4,263
4×456.951:04.02
top 33.0%743 / 1,845

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

Rubik Expomagyc 2016: 33.34Unionville Open Spring 2017: 14.4214.4233.3416 Apr 201618 Mar 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.42 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 6.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.