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Joel Palacín Marques

2×2 · top 17.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024MARQ02

Joel Palacín Marques has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Zaragoza Open 2024, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 655th in Spain. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 69 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Joel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.24
signature single · Zaragoza Open 2024
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×23.246.70
top 17.1%655 / 3,845
3×319.2023.76
top 37.6%1,598 / 5,141
Pyraminx11.6317.99
top 64.8%1,800 / 2,865

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

Ivars d'Urgell Open 2024: 21.01Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 22.64Lleida Open 2024: 19.20Zaragoza Open 2024: 20.4219.2022.6420 Jan 202419 Oct 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.