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Rafael Bustos

2×2 · top 65.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BUST03

Rafael Bustos has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.65, set at Reno Open 2016, puts him in the top 65.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,978th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2015, he has put 32 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.63 in November 2015 to 44.09, a 22% improvement. Rafael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 65.4% of 186,767 all-time
7.65
signature single · Reno Open 2016
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×27.6511.72
top 65.4%26,978 / 40,951
Pyraminx14.1521.21
top 78.5%23,226 / 28,708
3×344.0955.23
top 81.2%49,769 / 59,724

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

Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 56.63Berkeley Fall 2015: 44.09Reno Open 2016: 51.2144.0956.637 Nov 201516 Apr 2016

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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 2.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.