People · Brazil
Rubens Ortega
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015ORTE03
Rubens Ortega has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Capivara 2017, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in Brazil. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2015, he has put 227 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.33 in December 2015 to 9.12, a 26% improvement. Rubens has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.12 | 10.91 | top 5.2% | 241 / 9,942 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.57 | top 7.4% | 253 / 5,285 | |
| Megaminx | 56.29 | 1:13.33 | top 8.1% | 57 / 1,082 | |
| 4×4 | 45.36 | 55.85 | top 18.8% | 242 / 1,884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.90 | 23.75 | top 25.8% | 396 / 2,045 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.89 | 11.81 | top 35.3% | 870 / 3,311 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.03 | 1:56.77 | top 40.0% | 242 / 855 | |
| Skewb | 22.33 | 24.86 | top 92.6% | 1,319 / 1,493 | |
| Square-1 | 2:06.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 644 / 656 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at Capivara 2017.
- 9 Dec 2017Ten personal bests in one day at Capivara 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Capivara 2016.
- 12 Dec 2015First competition: Capivara Open 2015. A 16.79 3×3 single to start from.
- 12 Dec 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.33 at Capivara Open 2015.
Competitions
- Capivara Sunset 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Capivara 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 10 personal bests set
- Capivara 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Capivara Open 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Key Yu Wan — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Hiago Souza da Silva — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Patricky Albani de Souza — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.