People · Spain
Maitane Careaga Blanco
Pyraminx · top 14.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BLAN10
Maitane Careaga Blanco has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.25, set at Basauri Open 2023, puts her in the top 14.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 481st in Spain. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, she has put 179 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 33.67 in November 2022 to 22.42, a 33% improvement. Maitane has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 10.01 | top 14.8% | 481 / 2,865 | |
| Skewb | 5.58 | 16.36 | top 22.6% | 492 / 1,685 | |
| 2×2 | 5.15 | 8.22 | top 41.2% | 1,479 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 | 22.42 | 27.65 | top 46.5% | 2,035 / 5,141 |
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
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Basauri Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.25 at Konekta-La Perrera Open 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022First competition: Basauri Open 2022. A 33.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Basauri Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bilbao Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugalete Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Erandio TxikiOpen 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Konekta-La Perrera Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Amore Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Basauri Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
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.
- Rubén López de Juan — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aratz Larruzea — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as she improves.