People · Spain
Iker Valdezate Sayalero
2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014SAYA01
Iker Valdezate Sayalero has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Getafe Open 2015, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 379th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2014, he has put 279 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.94 in December 2014 to 2.56, a 71% improvement. Iker has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.56 | 8.24 | top 9.5% | 379 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.32 | 13.38 | top 22.4% | 684 / 2,865 | |
| 3×3 | 21.06 | 26.37 | top 42.9% | 1,853 / 5,141 | |
| Skewb | 8.47 | 27.11 | top 44.8% | 835 / 1,685 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.57 | 59.67 | top 70.0% | 873 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.45 | 2:23.58 | top 79.1% | 1,248 / 1,762 | |
| Megaminx | 6:54.88 | 7:51.91 | top 99.2% | 854 / 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
- 4 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Asturias Open 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Getafe Open 2015.
- 21 Feb 2015First sub-30 3×3: 29.85 at MAD Cube Weekend 2015.
- 6 Dec 2014First competition: Euskadi Open 2014. A 41.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Quijote Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Plentzia Open 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
- Zaragoza Open 2016 · 6 Feb 2016
- Valencia Open 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2015 · 9 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Arnold Classic Rubik 2015 · 25 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Asturias Open 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Getafe Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- MAD Cube Weekend 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Camarma Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Euskadi Open 2014 · 6 Dec 2014
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.
- Gonzalo Orellana Barrasa — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alexander Olleta del Molino — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.