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Raul Alejandro Rivera Ortíz

2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012ORTA02

Raul Alejandro Rivera Ortíz has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Goku Open 2013, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2012, he has put 127 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.71 in August 2012 to 15.68, a 16% improvement. Raul has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.46
signature single · Goku Open 2013
127
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×22.465.15
top 8.5%310 / 3,018
Pyraminx6.6511.81
top 25.0%621 / 2,003
3×315.6818.04
top 26.7%1,515 / 4,263
3×3 one-handed29.8037.03
top 46.2%845 / 1,672
4×41:12.331:19.32
top 49.1%1,065 / 1,845
Megaminx2:14.422:30.88
top 53.4%602 / 1,042
5×53:48.154:31.19
top 89.9%933 / 1,010

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

Orizaba Cube Fest 2012: 18.71Guadalajara Open 2013: 15.68Goku Open 2013: 15.9715.6818.7125 Aug 201224 Mar 2013

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.