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Asier Cardoso Sánchez

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009SANC06

Asier Cardoso Sánchez has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Madrid Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since December 2009, he has put 1,613 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.28 in December 2009 to 8.68, a 66% improvement. Asier has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.68
signature single · Madrid Open 2018
1,613
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×38.6811.80
top 4.1%173 / 5,141
2×21.975.01
top 4.5%189 / 3,845
3×3 blindfolded36.9858.60
top 6.0%11 / 273
Pyraminx4.1815.47
top 8.6%269 / 2,865
3×3 one-handed17.4020.79
top 13.6%143 / 1,315
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 11 cubes · 36:28—
top 18.7%14 / 109
4×451.961:03.02
top 27.1%368 / 1,762
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
top 33.6%90 / 282
Skewb9.9216.59
top 54.5%945 / 1,685
4×4 blindfolded9:32.81—
early days — 2 solves28 / 57
5×52:30.57—
top 66.0%501 / 863
Square-148.7256.05
top 74.9%406 / 604

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

Spanish Championship 2009: 25.28Madrid Open 2010: 20.06Madrid Open Rubik 2010: 18.56UAM Open 2013: 15.59Madrid Open 2013: 11.68Spanish Championship 2013: 14.21Madrid Spring Open 2014: 12.28Gernika Open 2014: 12.52Archena Open 2014: 11.15Spanish Championship 2014: 12.58Basauri Open 2014: 11.08Euskadi Open 2014: 12.27Camarma Open 2014: 11.97MAD Cube Weekend 2015: 11.44Getafe Open 2015: 11.06Arnold Classic Rubik 2015: 12.63Spanish Championship 2015: 11.13Cubéate Weekend 2016: 10.39European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 13.37Spanish Championship 2016: 12.58Villanueva Open 2016: 12.58Fuenlabrada Open 2016: 12.51Fuenlabrada Open 2017: 10.93Lluís Vives Open 2017: 12.02Iruña Open 2018: 12.99Madrid Open 2018: 8.68Parla Open 2018: 10.68Ibi Open 2018: 11.38El Escorial Open 2018: 11.34WCA European Championship 2018: 10.21Spanish Championship 2018: 10.66Kubekings Villanueva Open 2018: 11.33Fuenlabrada Open 2018: 9.45Campeonato de España 2022: 10.89Madrid Norte Open 2022: 12.24URJC Open 2023: 10.84Margarita Open 2023: 11.60Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023: 10.85Madrid Norte Open 2023: 11.28Spanish Championship 2023: 11.62Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023: 12.83Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024: 10.96URJC Open 2024: 12.36Getafe Continúa 2024: 10.06Lazarillo Open 2024: 10.80Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 11.76Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.898.6825.285 Dec 200925 Jul 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.