People · Spain
Ekain Bengoetxea Olano
2×2 · top 13.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025OLAN01
Ekain Bengoetxea Olano has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Gares Open 2026, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 525th in Spain. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 165 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.39 in November 2025 to 2.92, a 33% improvement. Ekain has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 2.92 | 3.41 | top 13.4% | 525 / 3,897 | |
| Skewb | 4.50 | 6.75 | top 14.5% | 361 / 1,699 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 8.14 | top 23.5% | 719 / 2,901 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.54 | 1:39.70 | top 29.9% | 206 / 889 | |
| 3×3 | 17.28 | 18.69 | top 32.0% | 1,363 / 5,202 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.63 | 1:16.14 | top 41.4% | 628 / 1,778 | |
| Clock | 14.25 | 16.37 | top 44.9% | 381 / 891 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.32 | 2:12.19 | top 52.1% | 376 / 874 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.98 | 47.06 | top 62.4% | 775 / 1,335 | |
| 7×7 | 5:55.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 157 / 267 | |
| 6×6 | 4:28.34 | 4:50.53 | early days — 3 solves | 228 / 322 | |
| Square-1 | 52.64 | — | top 78.4% | 434 / 610 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Mar 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Urnieta Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First competition: Basauri Open 2025. A 21.82 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.67 at Basauri Open 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Basauri Open 2025.
Competitions
- Gares Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Urnieta Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Bilbao Urte Berri Off 2025 · 29 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Basauri Open 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Hugo Guillet — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Irene Fraile Menéndez — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Aitor Ibañez Larrea — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.