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Jose Angel Montesa Solaz

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011SOLA01

Jose Angel Montesa Solaz has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.67, set at Archena Open 2022, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since December 2011, he has put 2,049 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.44 in December 2011 to 7.67, an 86% improvement. Jose has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.67
signature single · Archena Open 2022
2,049
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×37.6710.15
top 2.2%96 / 5,141
3×3 one-handed12.7822.36
top 4.1%43 / 1,315
2×21.953.44
top 4.4%185 / 3,845
Pyraminx3.476.07
top 5.3%177 / 2,865
4×435.8338.76
top 7.5%105 / 1,762
5×51:11.081:19.01
top 12.4%78 / 863
Square-122.591:02.29
top 33.8%191 / 604
Skewb9.5315.92
top 52.0%918 / 1,685
Clock19.6423.88
top 63.6%548 / 876
6×66:12.23—
early days — 3 solves280 / 316

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

Spanish Championship 2011: 56.44Castellon Open 2012: 27.69Rubikaz 10th Anniversary Open 2012: 22.09Spanish Championship 2012: 15.05Murcia Open 2013: 15.94Dual Games 2013: 13.91Valencia Summer Open 2013: 12.88Válgame Open 2013: 12.09Villa de Catral Open 2013: 13.81Spanish Championship 2013: 14.23Aspe Open 2013: 12.47Molina Open 2014: 10.34Valencia Open 2014: 11.97Murcia Open 2014: 11.52Castellon Open 2014: 11.56Moratalla Open Rubik 2014: 12.43Spanish Championship 2014: 9.78UPV Open 2014: 8.43Villa de Catral 2014: 10.15Murcia 2015: 10.74KubeKings Weekend 2015: 10.88Castellon Open 2015: 10.96Spanish Championship 2015: 10.37Valencia Open 2015: 10.58Molina Open 2016: 10.17Murcia 2016: 10.27Archena Open 2016: 9.79Open Rubik Vall d'Uixó 2016: 8.11Spanish Championship 2016: 9.25Alzira mueve las piezas 2017: 9.59Valencia Open 2017: 9.18World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.35Spanish Championship 2017: 9.24Lluís Vives Open 2017: 8.60La Vall d'Uixó Open 2018: 9.39WCA European Championship 2018: 9.29Cheste 2019: 9.36Archena Open 2019: 8.95Archena Open 2022: 7.67Begastri Open 2023: 9.057.6756.4416 Dec 201126 Aug 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.