People · Spain
Ibai Tobar Argaiz
Skewb · top 0.09% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ARGA01
Ibai Tobar Argaiz has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Spanish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.09% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Spain. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since April 2018, he has put 3,509 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.59 in April 2018 to 8.16, a 62% improvement. Ibai has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.11 | 3.58 | top 0.09% | 8 / 1,685 | |
| 2×2 | 0.83 | 1.35 | top 0.27% | 14 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.94 | 4.13 | top 1.0% | 36 / 2,865 | |
| Clock | 4.21 | 5.22 | top 2.7% | 19 / 876 | |
| Megaminx | 44.64 | 50.85 | top 3.0% | 16 / 874 | |
| 3×3 | 8.16 | 10.02 | top 3.1% | 130 / 5,141 | |
| 4×4 | 36.93 | 40.21 | top 8.6% | 128 / 1,762 | |
| Square-1 | 11.64 | 15.56 | top 9.1% | 47 / 604 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.05 | 1:18.86 | top 13.9% | 92 / 863 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.65 | 20.83 | top 14.2% | 155 / 1,315 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.86 | 2:23.00 | top 16.2% | 39 / 316 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 37.33 | top 23.4% | 71 / 282 | |
| 7×7 | 3:44.59 | 3:57.32 | top 25.1% | 51 / 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
- 3 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Estella-Lizarra Open 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Sarriguren Open 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Urnieta Open 2024.
- 8 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bilbao Open 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022.
Competitions
- Gasteiz Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Iruña Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sarriguren Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Basauri Side Events 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Iberian Championship 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Bilbao Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugalete Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Estella-Lizarra Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Gasteiz Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bilbao La Perrera Side Events 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sarriguren Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Portugalete 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Estella-Lizarra Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Urnieta Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Amore Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Ansoáin Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bilbao Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- EuskalCubing La Perrera Open 2023 · 17 Jul 2023
- Baztan Open 2023 · 7 Apr 2023
- Iruña Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Legazpi Open 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Basauri Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Campeonato de España 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Chanquete Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bilbao Open 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Portugalete 700 Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Lleida Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2022 · 21 May 2022
- Baztan Open 2022 · 15 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Iruña Open 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Urnieta Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cheste 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- JukiMods Baztan Open 2019 · 19 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Euskadi Open Portugalete 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Iruña Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2018 · 12 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Euskadi Open Portugalete 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 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.
- Rubén López de Juan — met in 540 rounds, finished ahead 300 times
- Alejandro Nicolay — met in 381 rounds, finished ahead 162 times
- Jorge Orrite De Alba — met in 374 rounds, finished ahead 266 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.