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Albert Mandicó Sampol

Pyraminx · top 0.046% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021SAMP01

Albert Mandicó Sampol has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.03, set at Couffoul'Events 2026, puts him in the top 0.046% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Spain. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since October 2021, he has put 2,126 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.94 in October 2021 to 6.05, a 70% improvement. Albert has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.046% of 129,321 all-time
1.03
signature single · Couffoul'Events 2026
2,126
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Pyraminx1.031.66
top 0.046%3 / 2,865
2×20.751.19
top 0.17%8 / 3,845
3×36.059.43
top 0.52%22 / 5,141
Skewb2.023.03
top 1.4%68 / 1,685
Clock7.048.78
top 11.1%84 / 876
3×3 one-handed16.6219.62
top 11.7%122 / 1,315
4×440.7649.36
top 13.0%183 / 1,762
Square-117.1426.10
top 21.3%120 / 604
Megaminx1:28.981:35.39
top 27.5%187 / 874
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves40.33
top 37.3%98 / 282
5×52:14.322:26.56
top 57.8%421 / 863
7×711:40.00—
early days — 1 solve248 / 260

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

La Massana 2021: 19.94Swisscubing Cup V 2023: 14.86Torelló Open 2023: 12.86Spanish Championship 2023: 11.12Ivars d'Urgell Open 2024: 11.83Parets Open 2024: 10.53CubingVic 2024: 9.40Vilafranca Open 2024: 11.94Santpedor Open 2024: 11.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.87Couffoul'Events 2024: 8.46Lleida Open 2024: 7.62Andorran Championship 2024: 9.34Fires de Girona 2024: 8.73Barcelona Open 2024: 7.58Parets Open 2025: 9.34Azores Cubikon 2025: 10.66São Miguel Cubikon 2025: 10.10Vilafranca Open 2025: 9.42Gasteiz Open 2025: 9.57Vall de Núria 2025: 8.82CubingVic 2025: 9.88Granollers Open 2025: 8.12Santpedor Open 2025: 10.26Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.14Portugalete Open 2025: 8.58Minyons de Terrassa Open 2025: 8.65Andorran Championship 2025: 9.31Calvià Open 2025: 8.07Tarraco Open 2025: 9.03Spanish Championship 2025: 9.18Vilafranca Open 2026: 9.15Parets Open 2026: 7.63Gasteiz Open 2026: 8.61Granollers Open 2026: 6.05GAN CubingVic 2026: 8.64Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.40Couffoul'Events 2026: 7.386.0519.9430 Oct 20217 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.