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Ismael Lorente

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016LORE02

Ismael Lorente has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at Iruña Open 2022, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 150th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2016, he has put 589 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.82 in September 2016 to 8.43, a 57% improvement. Ismael has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.43
signature single · Iruña Open 2022
589
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×38.4310.67
top 3.6%150 / 5,141
4×431.2437.35
top 3.6%53 / 1,762
5×51:04.161:07.34
top 7.9%49 / 863
Skewb3.978.19
top 10.7%285 / 1,685
7×73:01.223:32.62
top 10.9%18 / 260
6×62:01.472:12.59
top 11.6%31 / 316
Pyraminx5.0610.16
top 13.5%444 / 2,865
3×3 one-handed17.4825.88
top 13.8%147 / 1,315
2×23.195.45
top 16.5%632 / 3,845
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 2 solves205 / 282

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

Open Rubik Vall d'Uixó 2016: 19.82Arnold Open 2016: 17.07FME & Cubo y Calla 2016: 13.87Calisay Open 2017: 13.51Les Franqueses Open 2017: 13.99IPM Open 2017: 12.05Arnold Open 2017: 11.37Spanish Championship 2017: 11.45Andorra 2017: 11.42Les Franqueses Open 2018: 9.71Arnold Open 2018: 10.21Spanish Championship 2018: 9.71Mundet Open 2018: 10.20Les Franqueses Open 2019: 9.08FME Open 2019: 10.14Iruña Open 2022: 8.438.4319.823 Sep 201612 Mar 2022

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.