People · Spain
Izan Cantero Herrera
2×2 · top 0.85% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018HERR18
Izan Cantero Herrera has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.13, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Spain. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2018, he has put 654 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.36 in November 2018 to 1.13, an 85% improvement. Izan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.13 | 1.99 | top 0.85% | 46 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 | 6.98 | 10.35 | top 1.3% | 52 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.81 | 3.80 | top 3.0% | 101 / 2,865 | |
| 4×4 | 36.45 | 41.81 | top 8.1% | 119 / 1,762 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.43 | 18.42 | top 9.0% | 94 / 1,315 | |
| Skewb | 4.64 | 8.48 | top 15.5% | 378 / 1,685 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.88 | 1:29.79 | top 20.6% | 132 / 863 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 409 / 874 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:24.17 | — | top 59.3% | 155 / 273 | |
| 6×6 | 3:45.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 169 / 316 | |
| Square-1 | 51.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 419 / 604 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 6.98 at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 25 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 29 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at Surf Coast Cubing 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2019.
- 6 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Sydney 2019.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021
- Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021 · 14 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021
- Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Surf Coast Cubing 2019 · 29 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuengirola Cubea 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 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.
- Riley Dexter — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Myles Jarman — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.