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Ismael Bastida López

2×2 · top 19.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017LOPE03

Ismael Bastida López has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at Fuengirola Cubea 2018, puts him in the top 19.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 768th in Spain. Across 11 competitions since January 2017, he has put 173 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.34 in January 2017 to 15.79, a 76% improvement. Ismael has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.47
signature single · Fuengirola Cubea 2018
173
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×23.476.54
top 19.8%768 / 3,845
3×315.7918.30
top 27.1%1,126 / 5,141
3×3 one-handed44.4559.35
top 71.0%885 / 1,315
4×41:51.29
early days — 2 solves1,223 / 1,762

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

Alcalá la Real 2017: 1:05.34Altasierra 2017: 52.91Quijote Open 2017: 32.53World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 28.09Mijas Open 2017: 23.35Altasierra 2018: 19.31Chanquete Open 2018: 19.39WCA European Championship 2018: 21.46Fuengirola Cubea 2018: 16.46Chanquete Open 2019: 15.79Fuengirola Cubea 2019: 16.5215.791:05.3428 Jan 201716 Nov 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.