People · Spain
Esteban Huertas Paños
2×2 · top 25.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023PANO04
Esteban Huertas Paños has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at Granada Open 2024, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 972nd in Spain. Across 9 competitions since November 2023, he has put 202 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.84 in November 2023 to 20.39, a 51% improvement. Esteban has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 3.93 | 5.67 | top 25.6% | 972 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.87 | 10.76 | top 26.8% | 807 / 2,865 | |
| 3×3 | 20.39 | 23.36 | top 41.1% | 1,770 / 5,141 | |
| Skewb | 9.17 | 17.17 | top 49.6% | 889 / 1,685 | |
| Clock | 23.18 | 24.85 | top 72.9% | 626 / 876 |
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
- 29 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Granada Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-30 3×3: 28.02 at Amore Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Amore Open 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Albacete Open 2023. A 41.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Albacete Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Berkeley September Weekday 2025 · 19 Sep 2025
- Albacete Ágora Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Albacete Cubea y Vete 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Albacete Ágora Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Granada Open 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Amore Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Albacete Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
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.
- Josete Sánchez — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nuria Soria García — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Rafael Rodriguez Santana — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.