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Carlos Carneros Torner

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013TORN02

Carlos Carneros Torner has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.46, set at Arnold Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2013, he has put 886 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.47 in July 2013 to 7.46, a 35% improvement. Carlos has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.46
signature single · Arnold Open 2017
886
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×37.468.90
top 1.9%80 / 5,141
4×433.8635.99
top 5.7%80 / 1,762
2×22.353.08
top 7.5%295 / 3,845
3×3 one-handed14.9320.02
top 8.0%82 / 1,315
5×51:20.491:29.95
top 19.5%128 / 863
Pyraminx6.7911.34
top 26.1%782 / 2,865
Skewb15.6617.39
top 80.3%1,275 / 1,685

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.47Spanish Championship 2013: 10.96Castellon Open 2014: 9.90Les Santes Open 2014: 9.59Iutopia Open 2014: 8.92Spanish Championship 2014: 9.91Montgròs Open 2015: 9.05Barcelona FME Open 2015: 8.20Minyons de Terrassa Open 2015: 9.05European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 8.83Arnold Open 2016: 8.83FME & Cubo y Calla 2016: 8.80Andorra 2016: 8.15Calisay Open 2017: 8.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.38Arnold Open 2017: 7.46Andorra 2017: 8.63Arnold Open 2018: 8.17Arnold Classic Europe 2019: 7.867.4611.4726 Jul 201321 Sep 2019

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.