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Julen Simón Iriarte

2×2 · top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014IRIA01

Julen Simón Iriarte has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.80, set at Konekta-La Perrera Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Spain. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 94 competitions since September 2014, he has put 5,411 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.86 in September 2014 to 6.67, a 52% improvement. Julen has entered 94 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time
0.80
signature single · Konekta-La Perrera Open 2023
5,411
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×20.801.47
top 0.23%12 / 3,845
4×423.6930.01
top 0.44%4 / 1,762
3×36.677.72
top 1.0%44 / 5,141
Square-17.7011.35
top 2.6%18 / 604
Pyraminx2.854.13
top 3.1%103 / 2,865
Skewb2.594.33
top 3.2%123 / 1,685
5×556.651:05.33
top 4.0%21 / 863
3×3 one-handed12.8016.05
top 4.1%44 / 1,315
Megaminx58.771:04.40
top 9.3%66 / 874
6×61:59.842:06.07
top 10.9%29 / 316
3×3 blindfolded54.191:38.42
top 11.2%27 / 273
7×73:10.423:20.07
top 13.4%26 / 260
Clock8.219.24
top 16.3%138 / 876
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 9 cubes · 57:13—
top 21.0%17 / 109
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.67
early days — 3 solves71 / 282
4×4 blindfolded9:21.07—
early days — 3 solves27 / 57
5×5 blindfolded28:47.00—
early days — 1 solve21 / 29

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 2014: 13.86Euskadi Open 2014: 11.42Asturias Open 2015: 9.79Gernika Open 2015: 10.29Barcelona FME Open 2015: 9.89Basauri Open 2015: 8.93Zaragoza Open 2016: 10.32Plentzia Open 2016: 9.81European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 11.54Spanish Championship 2016: 8.67Basauri Open 2016: 9.35Cerbuna Open 2016: 8.84Madrid Open 2017: 9.47Iruña Open 2017: 9.92World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.85Arnold Open 2017: 9.40Basauri Open 2017: 8.45Iruña Open 2018: 7.14Les Franqueses Open 2018: 7.60Madrid Open 2018: 8.78El Escorial Open 2018: 8.63WCA European Championship 2018: 7.93Bilbao Open 2018: 8.37Spanish Championship 2018: 7.70Basauri Open 2018: 8.97Mundet Open 2018: 7.92Iruña Open 2019: 8.90Euskadi Open Portugalete 2019: 7.45JukiMods Baztan Open 2019: 7.02Juan Manuel Zafra Open 2019: 7.70Quijote Open 2019: 7.82Urnieta Open 2019: 8.14Bilbao Open 2019: 8.32UPM Open 2019: 8.82Spanish Championship 2019: 8.16Getafe Continúa 2020: 7.67Iruña Open 2020: 7.98Basauri Open 2021: 7.26Iruña Open 2022: 7.38Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2022: 7.90Baztan Open 2022: 8.09Lleida Open 2022: 7.63Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.04Lazarillo Open 2022: 7.63Portugalete 700 Open 2022: 8.11Bilbao Open 2022: 7.62Campeonato de España 2022: 7.56Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2022: 8.36Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022: 8.10Basauri Open 2022: 7.15Legazpi Open 2022: 6.67Amore Open 2023: 6.99Iruña Open 2023: 6.94Konekta-La Perrera Open 2023: 7.74Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023: 8.11Erandio TxikiOpen 2023: 7.65Torrelavega Open 2023: 8.07Portugalete Open 2023: 7.48Bilbao Open 2023: 7.57Ansoáin Open 2023: 8.08Spanish Championship 2023: 8.23Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024: 7.75Amore Open 2024: 7.49Iruña Open 2024: 7.00Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024: 8.04Urnieta Open 2024: 7.48Estella-Lizarra Open 2024: 7.78Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.95Bilbao Open 2024: 7.49Logroño Open 2024: 8.21 Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2024: 7.23Swiss Nationals 2024: 7.33Zaragoza Open 2024: 7.54Sarriguren Open 2024: 7.87Spanish Championship 2024: 7.85Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025: 8.06Irabia-Izaga Open 2025: 7.81Amore Amorebieta Open 2025: 7.90Gasteiz Open 2025: 7.08Iruña Open 2025: 7.54Estella-Lizarra Open 2025: 7.90Tafalla Open 2025: 7.82Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.73Portugalete Open 2025: 6.99Sarriguren Open 2025: 7.05Spanish Championship 2025: 7.74Amore Amorebieta Open 2026: 8.08Iruña Open 2026: 7.54Liérganes Open 2026: 7.32Cintruenigo Open 2026: 7.706.6713.8626 Sep 201427 Jun 2026

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-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.69 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.