People · Spain
Andrés Francisco Sánchez Castro
2×2 · top 9.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024CAST50
Andrés Francisco Sánchez Castro has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.57, set at Granada Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2024, he has put 112 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.89 in June 2024 to 2.57, a 63% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 2.57 | 4.95 | top 9.7% | 382 / 3,897 | |
| Clock | 10.04 | 11.26 | top 25.1% | 204 / 891 | |
| 3×3 | 19.69 | 23.32 | top 39.2% | 1,682 / 5,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.82 | 14.57 | top 51.6% | 1,453 / 2,901 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.69 at Ruta Cubera: Jaén Open 2025.
- 8 Jun 2024First competition: Granada Open 2024. A 24.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Granada Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ruta Cubera: Fuentes de Andalucía Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ruta Cubera: Jaén Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Granada Open 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 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.
- Fernando Sáez Lázaro — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,178 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.