People · Spain
Hodei Ugarte Esparza
Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 130,891 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023ESPA04
Hodei Ugarte Esparza has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.37, set at Gares Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 320th in Spain. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2023, he has put 490 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.01 in October 2023 to 2.64, a 67% improvement. Hodei has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.37 | 8.90 | top 9.6% | 320 / 2,901 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.86 | top 10.4% | 413 / 3,897 | |
| Skewb | 4.11 | 10.88 | top 11.7% | 311 / 1,699 | |
| 3×3 | 12.88 | 16.96 | top 17.1% | 699 / 5,202 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.97 | 1:43.91 | top 19.3% | 135 / 889 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.55 | 2:08.68 | top 61.9% | 978 / 1,778 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.33 | — | top 85.6% | 479 / 610 | |
| 5×5 | 3:58.14 | — | top 91.6% | 748 / 874 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Bilbao Open 2026.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Cintruénigo Open 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cintruénigo Open 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tafalla Open 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.98 at Irabia-Izaga Open 2025.
Competitions
- Bilbao Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Gares Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Iruña Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Sarriguren Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Bilbao Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cintruénigo Open 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Tafalla Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Estella-Lizarra Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Iruña Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Irabia-Izaga Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sarriguren Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Estella-Lizarra Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Iruña Open 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ansoáin Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Aitor Ibañez Larrea — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — met in 105 rounds, never finished ahead
- Irene Fraile Menéndez — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.