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Ryan Salazar

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SALA11

Ryan Salazar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at AZCubing Spring 2017, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,551st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2016, he has put 118 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.51 in August 2016 to 8.88, a 34% improvement. Ryan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.88
signature single · AZCubing Spring 2017
118
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8811.40
top 4.6%2,551 / 59,724
4×453.601:02.35
top 29.1%4,536 / 19,072
2×24.245.17
top 29.6%11,738 / 40,951
5×51:45.671:54.09
top 39.7%3,196 / 9,401
Pyraminx9.0012.77
top 44.8%12,893 / 28,708
Skewb9.9011.01
top 54.3%9,836 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed36.3738.79
top 59.7%8,383 / 15,683

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

AZCubing Summer 2016: 13.51Newport Fall 2016: 11.93AZCubing Fall 2016: 11.88AZCubing Winter 2017: 9.87AZCubing Spring 2017: 8.888.8813.516 Aug 201611 Mar 2017

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.

  • Dan Tran — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Caleb Hoffman — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Ivan Vanek — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 3.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.