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Arturo Lizama Montoya

Clock · top 4.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MONT30

Arturo Lizama Montoya has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.00, set at UC3M Leganés Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Spain. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 71 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,893 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:04.46 in October 2022 to 13.86, a 78% improvement. Arturo has entered 71 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 4.4% of 32,048 all-time
5.00
signature single · UC3M Leganés Open 2026
1,893
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Clock5.006.10
top 4.4%36 / 876
Pyraminx5.877.34
top 19.0%590 / 2,865
3×313.8615.88
top 20.5%833 / 5,141
2×23.535.78
top 20.6%789 / 3,845
Skewb6.0210.72
top 25.9%552 / 1,685
4×457.841:09.03
top 34.1%487 / 1,762
Square-123.5934.17
top 36.0%200 / 604
3×3 blindfolded3:14.52—
top 56.5%149 / 273
3×3 one-handed45.911:07.15
top 72.6%896 / 1,315
4×4 blindfolded14:20.00—
early days — 1 solve48 / 57

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

Campeonato de España 2022: 1:04.46GP Cheste Cubea 2022: 50.67URJC Open 2023: 45.09Amore Open 2023: 49.37Getafe Continúa 2023: 39.27X-Madrid Open 2023: 38.47Ciu Open 2023: 38.56Aldeilla FMC Open 2023: 29.45Portugalete Open 2023: 29.19Margarita Open 2023: 34.44NxN Tormes Open 2023: 27.68Aldeilla sin FMC Open 2023: 26.51Ventanal de la Sierra Open 2023: 29.69Albacete Open 2023: 22.73Madrid Norte Open 2023: 25.35Spanish Championship 2023: 23.26Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023: 23.96Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024: 23.15Las Tablas Open 2024: 20.74Gran Asociación Open 2024: 21.05CubingVic 2024: 17.27Getafe Continúa 2024: 19.14Urnieta Open 2024: 20.21X-Madrid Open 2024: 19.69Granada Open 2024: 21.65Parla Open 2024: 21.07Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 20.92Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 20.96Bellingham Fall 2024: 21.60Spanish Championship 2024: 21.01Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 20.39Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025: 24.74Albacete Cubea y Vete 2025: 16.61URJC Open 2025: 24.55Velilla Open 2025: 18.92Margarita Burón Open 2025: 14.95Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025: 21.01Urnieta Open 2025: 18.06Getafe Open 2025: 18.41Móstoles Open 2025: 18.62X-Madrid Open 2025: 18.54Granollers Open 2025: 16.85UC3M Leganés Open 2025: 17.63Parla Open 2025: 17.16Villanueva Open 2025: 18.30Portugalete Open 2025: 15.08Bilbao Open 2025: 15.36El Tormes Open 2025: 14.64Plaza Río 2 Open 2025: 16.83Madrid Norte Open 2025: 16.80Spanish Championship 2025: 16.06Lugo Open 2026: 14.83Tarancón Open 2026: 14.75Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026: 15.98Torrelodones Open 2026: 14.04Las Tablas Open 2026: 17.43Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026: 16.62URJC Open 2026: 14.90Cervantes Cubea Alcalá 2026: 15.61Getafe Open 2026: 15.46Mirasierra Open 2026: 13.86Móstoles Open 2026: 14.83Liérganes Open 2026: 16.56UC3M Leganés Open 2026: 15.89Ruta Cubera: Vila-real Open 2026: 15.77Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 14.70Ocaña BotijOpen 2026: 14.4613.861:04.467 Oct 20228 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-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.