People · Spain
Lucas Benito Rolando
3×3 blindfolded · top 6.0% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010BENI02
Lucas Benito Rolando has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 36.93, set at UC3M Leganés Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Spain. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2010, he has put 511 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.65 in December 2010 to 9.57, a 43% improvement. Lucas has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 36.93 | — | top 6.0% | 10 / 273 | |
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 11.48 | top 6.3% | 260 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.30 | 6.22 | top 9.2% | 286 / 2,865 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.66 | 19.46 | top 9.5% | 103 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 48.06 | 58.84 | top 22.2% | 307 / 1,762 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 5.66 | top 24.7% | 936 / 3,845 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.28 | 1:40.62 | top 26.4% | 174 / 874 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | — | top 26.7% | 79 / 282 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 8 cubes · 51:56 | — | top 47.0% | 56 / 109 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.31 | 2:40.82 | top 57.8% | 420 / 863 | |
| Clock | 52.27 | 2:27.46 | top 97.5% | 845 / 876 | |
| Square-1 | 4:16.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 601 / 604 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Parla Open 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Parla Open 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at UC3M Leganés Open 2025.
- 26 Jan 2012Six personal bests in one day at Barcelona Winter Open 2012.
- 17 Sep 2011Ten personal bests in one day at Basauri Open 2011.
- 29 Jul 2011Seven personal bests in one day at Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2011.
Competitions
- Parla Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UC3M Leganés Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2013 · 11 Oct 2013
- Spanish Championship 2012 · 14 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Castellon Open 2012 · 24 Mar 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Barcelona Winter Open 2012 · 26 Jan 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2011 · 16 Dec 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2011 · 17 Sep 2011 — 10 personal bests set
- Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2011 · 29 Jul 2011 — 7 personal bests set
- Castellon Open 2011 · 30 Apr 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Murcia Open 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2010 · 17 Dec 2010
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.
- Javier Tirado Ortiz — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 68 times
- Ting Sheng Bao Yang — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Alexander Olleta del Molino — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 6.93 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.