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Javier Lizama Montoya

2×2 · top 2.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MONT31

Javier Lizama Montoya has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at Legio Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 119th in Spain. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 75 competitions since October 2022, he has put 2,637 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.98 in October 2022 to 10.08, an 83% improvement. Javier has entered 75 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 189,179 all-time
1.62
signature single · Legio Open 2026
2,637
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×21.623.50
top 2.7%119 / 3,897
Clock4.845.97
top 4.0%33 / 891
Skewb3.345.91
top 6.8%193 / 1,699
3×310.0812.58
top 7.7%314 / 5,202
Pyraminx5.117.46
top 13.9%458 / 2,901
3×3 one-handed19.1325.36
top 18.2%197 / 1,335
3×3 blindfolded1:32.55—
top 24.0%65 / 274
4×450.0256.61
top 24.9%349 / 1,778
5×51:45.681:55.35
top 39.8%269 / 874
Square-126.0431.44
top 41.6%235 / 610
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 3 solves121 / 286
Megaminx3:53.92—
top 88.9%699 / 889

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

Campeonato de España 2022: 58.98GP Cheste Cubea 2022: 40.35URJC Open 2023: 31.61Amore Open 2023: 26.75Getafe Continúa 2023: 19.63X-Madrid Open 2023: 21.08Ciu Open 2023: 20.37Aldeilla FMC Open 2023: 15.94Portugalete Open 2023: 19.53Margarita Open 2023: 18.13NxN Tormes Open 2023: 17.30Aldeilla sin FMC Open 2023: 13.70Ventanal de la Sierra Open 2023: 15.36Albacete Open 2023: 14.88Madrid Norte Open 2023: 17.27Spanish Championship 2023: 14.89Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023: 16.11Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024: 16.46Las Tablas Open 2024: 15.57Gran Asociación Open 2024: 14.64Velilla Open 2024: 13.05CubingVic 2024: 14.24Getafe Continúa 2024: 16.86Urnieta Open 2024: 13.36X-Madrid Open 2024: 15.34Granada Open 2024: 10.08Parla Open 2024: 13.90Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 15.87Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 13.66Bellingham Fall 2024: 16.81Spanish Championship 2024: 13.24Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 14.00Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025: 15.06Albacete Cubea y Vete 2025: 13.07URJC Open 2025: 15.34Velilla Open 2025: 13.55Margarita Burón Open 2025: 15.65Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025: 14.24Urnieta Open 2025: 12.78Getafe Open 2025: 13.09Móstoles Open 2025: 12.87X-Madrid Open 2025: 12.99Granollers Open 2025: 11.97UC3M Leganés Open 2025: 13.43Parla Open 2025: 12.97Villanueva Open 2025: 11.59Portugalete Open 2025: 13.65Bilbao Open 2025: 11.99El Tormes Open 2025: 12.94Plaza Río 2 Open 2025: 11.66Madrid Norte Open 2025: 12.54Spanish Championship 2025: 14.08Lugo Open 2026: 12.82Tarancón Open 2026: 12.87Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026: 12.87Torrelodones Open 2026: 10.56Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026: 11.28URJC Open 2026: 13.37Cervantes Cubea Alcalá 2026: 11.49Getafe Open 2026: 12.82Mirasierra Open 2026: 10.48Móstoles Open 2026: 12.94Liérganes Open 2026: 11.35UC3M Leganés Open 2026: 12.48Ruta Cubera: Vila-real Open 2026: 12.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 13.31Ocaña BotijOpen 2026: 11.59Legio Open 2026: 12.7010.0858.987 Oct 202219 Sep 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.