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Javier López Fernández

Square-1 · top 1.9% of 25,272 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016FERN07

Javier López Fernández has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.10, set at Basauri Open 2021, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Spain. Until May 2014, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since May 2016, he has put 2,822 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.03 in May 2016 to 1.47, a 71% improvement. Javier has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 1.9% of 25,272 all-time
7.10
signature single · Basauri Open 2021
2,822
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Square-17.109.24
top 1.9%11 / 604
2×21.472.53
top 2.0%90 / 3,845
Pyraminx2.464.86
top 2.1%65 / 2,865
Skewb2.474.44
top 2.8%113 / 1,685
3×38.6211.05
top 4.0%170 / 5,141
Megaminx56.171:05.10
top 8.0%56 / 874
4×440.0246.99
top 12.2%172 / 1,762
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.00
top 12.2%41 / 282
3×3 one-handed19.0823.79
top 18.0%190 / 1,315
5×51:26.481:38.07
top 24.5%153 / 863
3×3 blindfolded1:52.11—
top 30.7%88 / 273
6×62:58.213:00.79
top 40.2%110 / 316
Clock13.3516.41
top 41.1%343 / 876
7×74:30.944:33.89
top 41.3%96 / 260

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

Albacete Open 2016: 5.03Quijote Open 2016: 2.82Alicante Open 2016: 4.43Open Rubik Vall d'Uixó 2016: 3.02Arnold Open 2016: 3.66Spanish Championship 2016: 2.81Villanueva Open 2016: 2.69Cerbuna Open 2016: 2.35Imaginalia Open 2017: 2.28Alzira mueve las piezas 2017: 2.77Cartagena UPCT Open 2017: 2.43Murcia 10th Anniversary 2017: 3.19CVDB Open 2017: 2.56Valencia Open 2017: 2.08Acho Open 2017: 2.54Tembleque Open 2017: 1.85Spanish Championship 2017: 2.32Villanueva Open 2017: 2.10Imaginalia Open 2018: 1.92Parla Open 2018: 2.27El Escorial Open 2018: 2.36WCA European Championship 2018: 2.05Tembleque Open 2018: 1.63Spanish Championship 2018: 2.60Santa Pola Open 2018: 2.17Getafe Vuelve 2019: 2.12Spanish Championship 2019: 2.07Getafe Continúa 2020: 2.26Basauri Open 2021: 2.80Iruña Open 2022: 3.20Ciu Open 2022: 3.32Burjassot Open 2022: 2.80Campeonato de España 2022: 1.87Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022: 2.46Archena 24 Horas 2022: 1.94GP Cheste Cubea 2022: 2.10Baztan Open 2023: 2.38NxN Muro Cubea 2023: 3.19Kölner Kubing 2023: 1.47Torrent: La Torre Open 2026: 4.591.475.0321 May 201629 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.