People · Spain
Ángel Sopo López
2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010SOPO01
Ángel Sopo López has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Spanish Championship 2014, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 253rd in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2010, he has put 212 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.94 in December 2010 to 11.83, a 48% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 2.22 | 5.55 | top 6.4% | 253 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 | 11.83 | 12.98 | top 13.3% | 528 / 5,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.46 | 28.32 | top 30.0% | 328 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 57.02 | 1:02.75 | top 33.1% | 462 / 1,762 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.40 | 3:05.84 | top 69.3% | 534 / 863 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Sep 2014Four personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2014.
- 21 Sep 2013Three personal bests in one day at Madrid Open 2013.
- 22 Feb 2013Six personal bests in one day at UAM Open 2013.
- 29 Jul 2011First sub-20 3×3: 15.56 at Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2011.
- 29 Jul 2011First sub-15 3×3: 14.25 at Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2011.
- 29 Jul 2011Four personal bests in one day at Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2011.
Competitions
- Getafe Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2014 · 26 Sep 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Madrid Spring Open 2014 · 21 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Madrid Open 2013 · 21 Sep 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- UAM Open 2013 · 22 Feb 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2011 · 29 Jul 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2010 · 17 Dec 2010
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.
- Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Gracia Ortiz — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Javier Tirado Ortiz — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.