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Ismael Cutanda Fernández

2×2 · top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016FERN06

Ismael Cutanda Fernández has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Ibi Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 395th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2016, he has put 659 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.14 in May 2016 to 2.60, a 68% improvement. Ismael has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.60
signature single · Ibi Open 2018
659
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×22.605.16
top 9.9%395 / 3,845
3×313.9517.46
top 20.8%846 / 5,141
Pyraminx6.288.40
top 22.1%675 / 2,865
Megaminx1:22.801:33.62
top 23.6%158 / 874
Clock11.4414.06
top 32.2%261 / 876
Skewb7.4910.08
top 37.4%737 / 1,685
4×41:06.481:16.04
top 43.4%659 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed33.3943.57
top 54.2%656 / 1,315
5×52:14.712:26.66
top 58.0%422 / 863
Square-146.891:01.11
top 73.1%390 / 604
7×77:40.28
top 86.0%200 / 260
6×65:29.38
top 86.7%269 / 316

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

Albacete Open 2016: 8.14Alicante Open 2016: 5.53Open Rubik Vall d'Uixó 2016: 5.99Spanish Championship 2016: 4.45Dual Games Alicante 2016: 5.08Imaginalia Open 2017: 6.20Cartagena UPCT Open 2017: 3.94Spanish Championship 2017: 5.38Imaginalia Open 2018: 4.29Murcia 2018: 4.48Ibi Open 2018: 2.60Albacete Open 2018: 4.41Spanish Championship 2019: 4.80Albacete Open 2023: 5.472.608.1421 May 201618 Nov 2023

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.