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Maider Arce López de Ipiña

Skewb · top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015ARCE04

Maider Arce López de Ipiña has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Baztan Open 2023, puts her in the top 1.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Spain. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 67 competitions since July 2015, she has put 3,317 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Skewb best has come down from 7.60 in April 2016 to 1.97, a 74% improvement. Maider has entered 67 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time
1.97
signature single · Baztan Open 2023
3,317
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Skewb1.974.08
top 1.3%64 / 1,685
Pyraminx2.577.62
top 2.4%78 / 2,865
2×22.254.59
top 6.6%265 / 3,845
3×310.2913.34
top 8.3%339 / 5,141
Megaminx1:13.291:25.84
top 17.6%124 / 874
4×445.6847.69
top 19.2%263 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed20.5626.31
top 22.0%235 / 1,315
Clock10.7212.02
top 28.7%229 / 876
5×51:33.161:43.74
top 30.0%196 / 863
Square-121.7533.39
top 31.9%185 / 604
6×63:56.224:46.55
top 64.1%180 / 316
7×76:29.08—
top 74.2%170 / 260
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves—
early days — 1 solve264 / 282

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

Plentzia Open 2016: 7.60Basauri Open 2016: 8.85Plentzia Open 2017: 5.79Bilbao Open 2018: 4.17Spanish Championship 2018: 5.77Basauri Open 2018: 4.85Euskadi Open Portugalete 2019: 5.28JukiMods Baztan Open 2019: 4.92Urnieta Open 2019: 4.56Bilbao Open 2019: 5.65Basauri Open 2019: 4.20Getafe Continúa 2020: 4.20Iruña Open 2020: 4.45Basauri Open 2021: 5.59Ronda Open 2022: 3.17Baztan Open 2022: 3.57Lazarillo Open 2022: 3.89Bilbao Open 2022: 3.80Chanquete Open 2022: 3.41Campeonato de España 2022: 2.67Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022: 3.09Basauri Open 2022: 3.36Legazpi Open 2022: 3.42Amore Open 2023: 3.88Konekta-La Perrera Open 2023: 3.77Baztan Open 2023: 1.97Erandio TxikiOpen 2023: 3.66Baztan Side Events 2023: 3.29Portugalete Open 2023: 4.31Bilbao Open 2023: 2.33Chanquete Open 2023: 2.83Spanish Championship 2023: 3.16Amore Open 2024: 4.33Baztan Open 2024: 4.37Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024: 3.30Parla Open 2024: 3.26Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 3.48Bilbao Open 2024: 3.31Nerja Chanquete Open 2024: 3.56Tercer Aldeilla: SCOMPS Open 2024: 3.87SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2024: 3.52Basauri Open 2024: 3.48Bilbao La Perrera Side Events 2024: 3.36Bilbao Urte Berri OpeN 2025: 3.40Écija Open 2025: 3.69Amore Amorebieta Open 2025: 3.40Gasteiz Open 2025: 2.38Ruta Cubera: Isla Cristina Open 2025: 2.51Cayro Toledo Open 2025: 2.67Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025: 4.38Portugalete Open 2025: 3.62Bilbao Open 2025: 2.78Cubing in Venteira 2025: 2.32Ruta Cubera: Tenerife Open 2025: 3.19Basauri Open 2025: 4.28Urnieta Open 2026: 3.46Mairena Open 2026: 2.31Gasteiz Open 2026: 3.76Esprit Cube Labenne 2026: 3.02Izarraizpe Open 2026: 3.001.978.852 Apr 20164 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as she improves.