People · Mexico
Xavier Escalante Bulbarela
Skewb · top 5.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016BULB01
Xavier Escalante Bulbarela has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.11, set at Mexican Championship 2018, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Mexico. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2016, he has put 452 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in June 2016 to 10.41, a 37% improvement. Xavier has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.11 | 4.62 | top 5.5% | 94 / 1,157 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.75 | 5.82 | top 6.5% | 164 / 2,003 | |
| 3×3 | 10.41 | 10.95 | top 8.7% | 456 / 4,263 | |
| Megaminx | 57.70 | 1:08.98 | top 8.8% | 97 / 1,042 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.61 | top 8.9% | 330 / 3,018 | |
| 4×4 | 41.58 | 47.16 | top 14.0% | 306 / 1,845 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.92 | 21.19 | top 14.9% | 271 / 1,672 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.05 | 1:33.48 | top 18.3% | 207 / 1,010 | |
| Square-1 | 17.35 | 25.69 | top 21.7% | 95 / 516 | |
| Clock | 12.52 | 15.04 | top 37.5% | 268 / 652 | |
| 6×6 | 2:57.45 | 3:13.91 | top 39.8% | 211 / 510 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:35.82 | — | top 45.1% | 87 / 251 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 50.00 | top 51.8% | 136 / 317 | |
| 7×7 | 5:45.42 | — | early days — 1 solve | 292 / 472 |
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
- 29 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Side Events Puebla 2019.
- 10 Aug 2018Five personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Weas México 2017.
- 6 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.29 at NxN México 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at NxN México 2017.
Competitions
- Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Toros Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Misión México 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Side Events Puebla 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Tuzo Clásico 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- Mexican Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Weas México 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- NxN México 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Metro Cubing Fest 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Daniel Guardado Cabral — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Giovanni Olmedo Bones — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.