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Rafael Peña

3×3 · top 58.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014PENA02

Rafael Peña has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.65, set at ULA Rubiks 2016, puts him in the top 58.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 568th in Venezuela. Across 17 competitions since March 2014, he has put 188 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:26.55 in March 2014 to 27.65, a 68% improvement. Rafael has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.2% of 284,439 all-time
27.65
signature single · ULA Rubiks 2016
188
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
3×327.6534.15
top 58.2%568 / 1,005
2×28.4712.32
top 70.6%392 / 550
3×3 one-handed1:11.51
top 89.7%234 / 262
4×42:47.03
top 94.8%248 / 258

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

Piedemonte Rubik Day 2014: 1:26.55Coliseo de Tovar 2014: 1:05.97Back to Piedemonte 2014: 32.80ULA Rubiks 2014: 32.60Los Andes 2014: 33.54Rubik Ejido 2014: 35.43Ejido Summer 2015: 34.66Cubing Mérida 2015: 32.50Speedcubing Mérida 2016: 34.18ULA Rubiks 2016: 27.65Mérida Summer 2016: 31.90Hi-Tech Rodeo Plaza 2016: 35.24Venezuela Nationals 2016: 32.23Piedemonte 2017: 35.76Latin America Cubing Tour - Mérida 2017: 32.47Rodeo Plaza Speedcubing 2017: 31.98Reencuentro Mérida 2018: 30.8127.651:26.551 Mar 201427 Oct 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.65 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.