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Francisco Montañés Barbudo

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 9.9% of 12,294 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014BARB07

Francisco Montañés Barbudo has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 28 moves, set at FMC Spanish Championship 2023, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Spain. Across 120 competitions since September 2014, he has put 3,437 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.26 in September 2014 to 11.45, a 66% improvement. Francisco has entered 120 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 9.9% of 12,294 all-time
28 moves
signature single · FMC Spanish Championship 2023
3,437
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves36.67
top 9.9%34 / 282
3×311.4512.83
top 12.0%481 / 5,141
Clock7.719.35
top 13.8%118 / 876
2×23.005.97
top 14.2%552 / 3,845
Square-114.9133.39
top 16.2%93 / 604
Pyraminx5.8310.93
top 18.7%579 / 2,865
4×445.8053.24
top 19.3%264 / 1,762
Skewb6.3413.75
top 28.5%602 / 1,685
3×3 one-handed23.4732.08
top 30.0%330 / 1,315
Megaminx1:40.871:54.97
top 35.1%234 / 874
5×51:52.321:56.60
top 44.2%309 / 863
3×3 blindfolded3:16.44—
top 57.0%151 / 273
6×64:03.545:29.11
top 66.6%190 / 316
7×76:53.70—
top 79.1%183 / 260

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 2014: 33.26Camarma Open 2014: 29.89MAD Cube Weekend 2015: 24.63Getafe Open 2015: 20.31Arnold Classic Rubik 2015: 19.81Camarma Open 2016: 20.64El Escorial Open 2016: 21.05Spanish Championship 2016: 22.13Villanueva Open 2016: 18.48Fuenlabrada Open 2016: 18.50Camarma Open 2017: 24.01Madrid Open 2017: 21.56WCA European Championship 2018: 19.79Kubekings Villanueva Open 2018: 21.70Fuenlabrada Open 2018: 25.13Getafe Vuelve 2019: 24.00Cervantes Cubea 2019: 23.53UCM Open 2019: 22.02UPM Open 2019: 25.70Kubekings Villanueva Open 2019: 23.23Getafe Continúa 2020: 16.40UCLM Cuenca Open 2020: 25.36X-Madrid Open 2022: 21.26Parla Open 2022: 23.34Archena Open 2022: 21.72Chanquete Open 2022: 16.37Basauri Open 2022: 15.62Madrid Norte Open 2022: 17.68Archena 24 Horas 2022: 19.19GP Cheste Cubea 2022: 22.88URJC Open 2023: 13.46Sant Valentí a Parets 2023: 15.34Amore Open 2023: 14.82Baztan Open 2023: 19.70Getafe Continúa 2023: 14.90French Championship 2023: 22.04X-Madrid Open 2023: 14.83Nhood Alcalá Mystery Open 2023: 15.03Parla Open 2023: 16.06Lazarillo Open 2023: 17.06Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 18.43Azeméis Open 2023: 14.08Margarita Open 2023: 15.51Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023: 17.11Minyons de Terrassa Open 2023: 13.89Camino de la Plata Open 2023: 16.10Ventanal de la Sierra Open 2023: 15.86Madrid Norte Open 2023: 15.26ZGZ Open 2023: 11.76Spanish Championship 2023: 18.47Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023: 15.09Las Tablas Open 2024: 15.31Parets Open 2024: 14.20URJC Open 2024: 14.18Velilla Open 2024: 14.63Baztan Open 2024: 15.79Getafe Continúa 2024: 14.74Mallorca Open 2024: 15.39Móstoles Open 2024: 14.06X-Madrid Open 2024: 14.28Parla Open 2024: 14.48Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 14.73Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 17.05Ruta Valenciana I: Calp-Ifach 2024: 15.53Portugal Championship 2024: 14.39Nerja Chanquete Open 2024: 12.79Logroño Open 2024: 15.90Andorran Championship 2024: 15.04Zaragoza Open 2024: 11.59Fires de Girona 2024: 14.31Madrid Norte Open 2024: 14.58Mirasierra Open 2024: 14.19Spanish Championship 2024: 13.65Cuarto Aldeilla: 33 Horas Ruleta Open 2024: 12.95Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025: 13.80URJC Open 2025: 15.45Velilla Open 2025: 13.83Margarita Burón Open 2025: 13.61Arraiolos Open 2025: 13.87Getafe Open 2025: 12.81Móstoles Open 2025: 11.98X-Madrid Open 2025: 14.06Granollers Open 2025: 13.11UC3M Leganés Open 2025: 13.76Parla Open 2025: 13.90Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.45Villanueva Open 2025: 13.57Begastri Open 2025: 12.76Ocaña BotijOpen 2025: 12.35Plaza Río 2 Open 2025: 13.54Andorran Championship 2025: 13.24Madrid Norte Open 2025: 11.85Spanish Championship 2025: 13.32Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026: 15.10Velilla Open 2026: 13.54Torrelodones Open 2026: 13.09Las Tablas Open 2026: 12.99Parets Open 2026: 14.49URJC Open 2026: 12.42Cervantes Cubea Alcalá 2026: 14.21Getafe Open 2026: 15.65Mirasierra Open 2026: 11.67Móstoles Open 2026: 13.25X-Madrid Open 2026: 14.90UC3M Leganés Open 2026: 15.27Cayro Toledo Open 2026: 14.49Parla Open 2026: 14.60Arganda Open 2026: 14.35Ocaña BotijOpen 2026: 15.50Begastri Open 2026: 14.2911.4533.2626 Sep 201420 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.