People · Spain
Abel Martínez Salas
2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SALA21
Abel Martínez Salas has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at MurgiJoven Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 142nd in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2023, he has put 714 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.61 in July 2023 to 1.77, a 68% improvement. Abel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 3.83 | top 3.4% | 142 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 6.18 | top 7.2% | 233 / 2,865 | |
| Skewb | 3.44 | 6.70 | top 7.3% | 209 / 1,685 | |
| 3×3 | 11.59 | 14.60 | top 12.5% | 499 / 5,141 | |
| Clock | 7.41 | 8.77 | top 12.6% | 107 / 876 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.84 | 1:10.07 | top 41.6% | 629 / 1,762 | |
| Square-1 | 28.09 | 41.85 | top 45.8% | 244 / 604 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.51 | 50.92 | top 64.6% | 805 / 1,315 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at MurgiJoven Open 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Tercer Aldeilla: SCOMPS Open 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.92 at Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Fuente Álamo Open 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at IndalOpen 2024.
Competitions
- IndalOpen O'Clock 2026 · 23 May 2026
- SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- IndalOpen O'Clock 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- El Ejido Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Aldeilla Winter Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- MurgiJoven Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bullas Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tercer Aldeilla: SCOMPS Open 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Begastri Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuente Álamo Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- IndalOpen 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Aldeilla sin FMC Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Begastri Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Aldeilla FMC Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
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.
- Marco Criado Gómez — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Blanca Hidalgo Domingo — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.