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José Miguel Romero Castellón

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018CAST55

José Miguel Romero Castellón has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Aldeilla FMC Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since November 2018, he has put 1,243 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.91 in November 2018 to 8.37, a 51% improvement. He has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.37
signature single · Aldeilla FMC Open 2023
1,243
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×38.3711.21
top 3.5%144 / 5,141
2×22.093.73
top 5.4%212 / 3,845
Pyraminx3.766.29
top 6.5%213 / 2,865
Skewb3.516.26
top 7.8%218 / 1,685
4×437.4045.58
top 9.1%142 / 1,762
5×51:46.461:55.41
top 40.2%269 / 863

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 2018: 16.91Santa Pola Open 2018: 15.26Chanquete Open 2019: 14.65Murcia 2019: 15.15Archena Open 2019: 14.03Spanish Championship 2019: 12.90Fuengirola Cubea 2019: 13.00UCLM Cuenca Open 2020: 12.31Archena Open 2022: 11.36Portugalete 700 Open 2022: 11.82Campeonato de España 2022: 10.96GP Cheste Cubea 2022: 12.62Aldeilla Open 2023: 10.78IndalOpen 2023: 12.50Aldeilla FMC Open 2023: 8.37Begastri Open 2023: 11.40Chanquete Open 2023: 10.09Sum of Ranks Granada 2023: 11.41Albacete Open 2023: 9.49Spanish Championship 2023: 9.81Gran Asociación Open 2024: 10.66IndalOpen 2024: 9.48Fuente Álamo Open 2024: 10.84Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024: 9.65Granada Open 2024: 10.46Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.88Begastri Open 2024: 11.55Nerja Chanquete Open 2024: 9.47SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2024: 9.198.3716.9117 Nov 201821 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.