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Raphael Talatala

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008TALA01

Raphael Talatala has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.96, set at Fort Lee Winter 2009, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,372nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2008, he has put 156 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in November 2008 to 11.96, a 24% improvement. Raphael has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.96
signature single · Fort Lee Winter 2009
156
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9614.33
top 13.8%7,372 / 59,724
2×23.156.60
top 16.0%6,261 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.8311.99
top 18.7%4,987 / 28,708
4×451.5059.87
top 26.5%4,089 / 19,072
5×51:37.271:50.15
top 33.3%2,640 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed28.1330.45
top 42.3%5,676 / 15,683
Square-131.5344.96
top 52.3%3,429 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded3:18.84
early days — 2 solves1,232 / 2,092

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

Newark Open 2008: 15.72Newark Winter 2009: 14.80Fort Lee Winter 2009: 11.96Captain's Cove competition 2009: 13.28Safe Haven competition 2009: 12.4711.9615.728 Nov 200820 Jun 2009

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.