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Shay Espinoza

3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012ESPI03

Shay Espinoza has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Couve Cubing 2012, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,442nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2012, he has put 113 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. Shay has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.53
signature single · Couve Cubing 2012
113
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5314.13
top 15.7%8,442 / 59,724
4×41:04.211:29.14
top 40.9%6,675 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed36.831:07.86
top 60.5%8,493 / 15,683
5×52:29.492:39.41
top 65.5%5,709 / 9,401
Pyraminx12.6319.43
top 70.9%21,008 / 28,708
2×28.9810.69
top 73.4%30,351 / 40,951
Megaminx3:13.413:43.96
top 78.8%6,203 / 7,841

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

Couve Cubing 2012: 12.53Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 13.02Coastal Cubing 2013: 12.82Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 12.7412.5313.025 May 201231 Jan 2015

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 4.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.