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Rafael Romo

3×3 · top 43.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ROMO01

Rafael Romo has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.23, set at Berkeley Fall 2016, puts him in the top 43.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,868th in the United States. Across 1 competition since November 2016, he has put 12 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 43.4% of 284,439 all-time
21.23
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2016
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.2322.78
top 43.4%24,868 / 59,724
4×41:35.51
early days — 2 solves11,978 / 19,072
2×28.3710.35
top 70.1%28,969 / 40,951

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 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 5.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.