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Almudena Gómez-Sancha López-Barajas

3×3 · top 15.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022GOME03

Almudena Gómez-Sancha López-Barajas has been competing for 5 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.35, set at Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024, puts her in the top 15.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 623rd in Spain. Across 42 competitions since March 2022, she has put 1,294 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.23 in March 2022 to 12.35, a 13% improvement. Almudena has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.2% of 288,433 all-time
12.35
signature single · Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024
1,294
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×312.3515.09
top 15.2%623 / 5,202
4×443.9549.18
top 17.0%244 / 1,778
Skewb5.7511.04
top 23.9%515 / 1,699
5×51:26.171:35.10
top 24.4%156 / 874
2×24.156.85
top 28.5%1,084 / 3,897
Megaminx1:31.071:38.42
top 29.0%196 / 889
7×73:59.974:11.04
top 30.8%70 / 267
Pyraminx7.8612.11
top 35.1%1,046 / 2,901
6×62:50.233:09.82
top 36.2%104 / 322
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves52.00
top 51.9%138 / 286
3×3 one-handed37.6654.81
top 61.9%770 / 1,335
Clock21.1327.61
top 67.9%592 / 891
Square-11:01.35—
early days — 2 solves471 / 610

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

Ronda Open 2022: 14.23Cervantes Cubea 2022: 14.94Parla Open 2022: 15.20Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 17.37Archena Open 2022: 12.48French Championship 2022: 18.74Bilbao Open 2022: 16.24Chanquete Open 2022: 16.63Campeonato de España 2022: 16.21Potablava Open 2022: 13.49Madrid Norte Open 2022: 14.33Archena 24 Horas 2022: 14.27URJC Open 2023: 14.76Aldeilla Open 2023: 14.69Getafe Continúa 2023: 13.21NxN Muro Cubea 2023: 14.48Nhood Alcalá Mystery Open 2023: 14.63Aldeilla FMC Open 2023: 15.71Piera Open 2023: 15.04Chanquete Open 2023: 14.74Margarita Open 2023: 13.18Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023: 13.69Ventanal de la Sierra Open 2023: 13.60Albacete Open 2023: 13.48Spanish Championship 2023: 13.29Parets Open 2024: 15.84URJC Open 2024: 13.36Velilla Open 2024: 12.78Baztan Open 2024: 14.32Getafe Continúa 2024: 12.96Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024: 12.35Parla Open 2024: 14.16Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 12.49Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 15.88Nerja Chanquete Open 2024: 12.66Ciu La Mancha Open 2024: 13.72Spanish Championship 2024: 14.65Izarraizpe Open 2026: 14.3812.3518.745 Mar 20224 Jul 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 3.95 away.

Targets move as she improves.