People · Spain
Ismael Pérez Herrero
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025HERR07
Ismael Pérez Herrero has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Legio Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2025, he has put 326 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.10 in April 2025 to 8.48, a 53% improvement. Ismael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 10.65 | top 3.7% | 161 / 5,202 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 3.86 | top 9.2% | 366 / 3,897 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.69 | 8.44 | top 11.3% | 371 / 2,901 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.06 | 1:17.47 | top 38.8% | 581 / 1,778 | |
| Skewb | 7.79 | 12.21 | top 39.8% | 773 / 1,699 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.07 | 2:15.14 | top 42.8% | 307 / 889 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.44 | 34.12 | top 43.1% | 499 / 1,335 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Legio Open 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Ciu La Mancha Open 2026.
- 4 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at Palencia con P de Pyraminx 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Palencia con P de Pyraminx 2026.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.36 at Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025.
Competitions
- Legio Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Ciu La Mancha Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Gasteiz Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Palencia con P de Pyraminx 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- León Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Getafe Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 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.
- Daniel Olmedo Fraile — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Samuel María Liñares — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Diego Rodríguez Villafañe — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.