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Javier Tovar Castro

Skewb · top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016CAST23

Javier Tovar Castro has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Fuenlabrada Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in Spain. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since May 2016, he has put 2,923 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.00 in May 2016 to 8.68, a 61% improvement. Javier has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time
2.11
signature single · Fuenlabrada Open 2018
2,923
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Skewb2.113.67
top 1.7%79 / 1,685
Pyraminx2.856.14
top 3.1%103 / 2,865
3×38.6811.43
top 4.1%173 / 5,141
3×3 one-handed13.9016.42
top 5.9%59 / 1,315
5×51:02.621:14.13
top 7.0%43 / 863
2×22.434.66
top 8.2%327 / 3,845
4×437.1046.38
top 8.8%134 / 1,762
7×72:54.272:57.79
top 9.0%14 / 260
6×61:54.942:09.06
top 9.0%19 / 316
Megaminx1:36.171:45.95
top 32.2%214 / 874
Clock16.2520.37
top 52.7%448 / 876
Square-134.0543.31
top 56.9%307 / 604
3×3 blindfolded5:16.71
early days — 3 solves207 / 273
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves
early days — 2 solves219 / 282

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

El Escorial Open 2016: 22.00Fuenlabrada Open 2016: 19.16Madrid Open 2017: 15.07El Escorial Open 2017: 14.82Spanish Championship 2017: 14.48Villanueva Open 2017: 14.19Fuenlabrada Open 2017: 14.33Iruña Open 2018: 14.17Imaginalia Open 2018: 14.00Euskadi Open Portugalete 2018: 12.19Madrid Open 2018: 13.90Parla Open 2018: 11.16El Escorial Open 2018: 12.40WCA European Championship 2018: 10.31Bilbao Open 2018: 11.29Tembleque Open 2018: 12.92Arnold Open 2018: 11.73Spanish Championship 2018: 12.70Kubekings Villanueva Open 2018: 11.94Fuenlabrada Open 2018: 11.62Getafe Vuelve 2019: 11.44Cervantes Cubea 2019: 10.92UCM Open 2019: 12.01Parla Open 2019: 11.21Archena Open 2019: 12.00Bilbao Open 2019: 10.98IndalOpen 2019: 8.68UPM Open 2019: 11.68Kubekings Villanueva Open 2019: 10.57Getafe Continúa 2020: 11.60UCLM Cuenca Open 2020: 13.12Getafe Vuelve 2022: 10.53X-Madrid Open 2022: 9.31Parla Open 2022: 11.29Archena Open 2022: 9.90Chanquete Open 2022: 11.54Campeonato de España 2022: 10.91URJC Open 2023: 11.14Baztan Open 2023: 11.43Getafe Continúa 2023: 11.08NxN Muro Cubea 2023: 9.54Nhood Alcalá Mystery Open 2023: 10.66Parla Open 2023: 10.99Chanquete Open 2023: 10.77Margarita Open 2023: 10.98URJC Open 2024: 9.54Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024: 10.37Ruta Valenciana II: Tio Pep 2024: 11.368.6822.0028 May 201631 Aug 2024

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.