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Taj Esquig
3×3 · top 34.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ESQU01
Taj Esquig has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.98, set at Westview Cubing Favorites 2024, puts him in the top 34.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,958th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since February 2024, he has put 42 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.17 in February 2024 to 17.98, a 44% improvement. Taj has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.98 | 19.65 | top 34.0% | 18,958 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.15 | 8.25 | top 61.7% | 25,355 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:04.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 13,109 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.36 at San Diego Big Cub 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.14 at San Diego Newcomers 2024.
- 11 Feb 2024First competition: Triton Tricubealon 2024. A 32.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Big Cub 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024
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.
- Dylan Govic — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Du — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.