People · Spain
Itxo Mena Marcos
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017MARC19
Itxo Mena Marcos has been competing for 9 years. Their best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at URJC Open 2024, puts them in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 291st in Spain. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2017, they have put 659 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 17.47 in September 2017 to 9.98, a 43% improvement. Itxo has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.98 | 13.65 | top 7.4% | 291 / 5,141 | |
| 4×4 | 37.38 | 42.06 | top 9.1% | 141 / 1,762 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.30 | 10.48 | top 9.2% | 286 / 2,865 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.01 | 1:26.20 | top 15.3% | 101 / 863 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 46.00 | top 37.3% | 98 / 282 | |
| 2×2 | 4.84 | 6.69 | top 37.3% | 1,358 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.27 | 36.75 | top 42.6% | 486 / 1,315 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:59.10 | — | top 52.2% | 134 / 273 | |
| Skewb | 10.24 | 21.27 | top 56.4% | 976 / 1,685 | |
| Clock | 19.15 | 25.43 | top 62.2% | 534 / 876 | |
| Square-1 | 42.76 | 56.52 | top 68.7% | 368 / 604 | |
| Megaminx | 5:35.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 822 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at URJC Open 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at URJC Open 2024.
- 18 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Lleida Open 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Aldeílla Mental Breakdown 2022.
- 30 Oct 2021Four personal bests in one day at La Massana 2021.
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at UPM Open 2019.
Competitions
- Fires de Girona 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Andorran Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Baztan Open 2024 · 28 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- URJC Open 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Baztan Open 2023 · 7 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lleida Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Aldeílla Mental Breakdown 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Getafe Vuelve 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- La Massana 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- UPM Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Urnieta Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UCM Open 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- JukiMods Baztan Open 2019 · 19 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Luxembourg Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018
- El Escorial Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ibi Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tembleque Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 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 their.
- Manuel Prieto de Antón — met in 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jesús Lindo García — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Sofía Guerrero Neto — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.38 away.
Targets move as they improves.