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Ángel Quintana Mota

3×3 · top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022MOTA01

Ángel Quintana Mota has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.96, set at Spanish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Spain. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since June 2022, he has put 1,392 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.08 in June 2022 to 5.96, a 54% improvement. He has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time
5.96
signature single · Spanish Championship 2025
1,392
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×35.968.68
top 0.46%20 / 5,141
4×427.7831.72
top 1.7%24 / 1,762
2×21.662.84
top 2.9%124 / 3,845
5×51:00.151:06.71
top 5.6%33 / 863
3×3 one-handed15.3219.34
top 8.8%93 / 1,315
6×62:21.702:32.06
top 21.3%56 / 316
Skewb6.0813.33
top 26.3%564 / 1,685
Pyraminx6.9911.33
top 27.8%835 / 2,865
Square-123.6828.01
top 36.2%202 / 604
7×74:26.674:38.29
top 40.0%92 / 260
Clock14.8515.92
top 47.3%398 / 876
Megaminx2:36.28—
early days — 2 solves472 / 874

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

Dacada San Fernando Open 2022: 13.08Chanquete Open 2022: 14.74Campeonato de España 2022: 11.78Aldeilla Open 2023: 9.41Nhood Sevilla Open 2023: 9.95Costa de la Luz Open 2023: 8.98Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Open 2023: 10.29Chanquete Open 2023: 9.51Mairena Open 2023: 9.54Spanish Championship 2023: 10.25Écija Open 2024: 8.08Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Nervión Open 2024: 9.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.64Nerja Chanquete Open 2024: 9.38Puerto Real Camaleón Open 2024: 8.37Macarena Speedcubing Open 2024: 7.65Spanish Championship 2024: 7.97Écija Open 2025: 6.91Ruta Cubera: Fuentes de Andalucía Open 2025: 8.11El Corazón de La Axarquía 2025: 8.66Costa de la Luz Open 2025: 7.58Ruta Cubera: Isla Cristina Open 2025: 8.06Gibraltar Open 2025: 7.96Ocaña BotijOpen 2025: 7.37Puerto Real Camaleón Open 2025: 7.10Gelves Open 2025: 8.19Spanish Championship 2025: 5.96Ukubom Moratalla Open 2026: 6.99Campeonato de Andalucía 2026: 7.39Fuentes de Andalucía Open 2026: 8.25Mairena Open 2026: 8.03Begastri Open 2026: 6.795.9614.744 Jun 202220 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.