People · Spain
Gael Galeote Flores
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025FLOR26
Gael Galeote Flores has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.01, set at Amore Amorebieta Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 119th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2025, he has put 444 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.39 in August 2025 to 8.01, a 48% improvement. Gael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.01 | 9.50 | top 2.8% | 119 / 5,141 | |
| 4×4 | 31.41 | 39.89 | top 3.7% | 54 / 1,762 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.64 | 15.48 | top 5.5% | 54 / 1,315 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.31 | top 7.6% | 301 / 3,845 | |
| Skewb | 3.54 | 5.12 | top 8.0% | 222 / 1,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 5.93 | top 10.7% | 344 / 2,865 | |
| Clock | 8.86 | 10.60 | top 19.2% | 160 / 876 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.14 | 1:31.47 | top 21.2% | 143 / 874 | |
| Square-1 | 17.68 | 26.03 | top 22.6% | 128 / 604 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.86 | 1:32.15 | top 27.2% | 175 / 863 | |
| 6×6 | 3:20.14 | 3:24.77 | early days — 3 solves | 141 / 316 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 136 / 282 | |
| 7×7 | 5:17.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 123 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mallorca Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Gasteiz Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Amore Amorebieta Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Basauri Open 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Basauri Open 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at El Corazón de La Axarquía II 2025.
Competitions
- Mallorca Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Gasteiz Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Málaga Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- El Corazón de La Axarquía II 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Las Palmas Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Portugalete Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
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.
- Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Fernando Sáez Lázaro — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Aitor Ibañez Larrea — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.