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Rafael Valentín Córdova Párraga

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PARR09

Rafael Valentín Córdova Párraga has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at La Tienda Cubera Fest 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.99 in August 2022 to 15.59, a 29% improvement. Rafael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.97
signature single · La Tienda Cubera Fest 2023
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
2×21.976.99
top 4.5%116 / 2,419
3×315.5919.14
top 26.4%1,221 / 4,344

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

Real Cube 2022: 21.99La Tienda Cubera Fest 2023: 16.82Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023: 15.59Plaza Center Cube Lima lll 2024: 17.5615.5921.996 Aug 202210 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.