People · Spain
Manolo Ortega Martín
Skewb · top 24.4% of 74,164 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018ORTE08
Manolo Ortega Martín has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.81, set at X-Madrid Open 2026, puts him in the top 24.4% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 525th in Spain. Across 22 competitions since October 2018, he has put 502 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.38 in November 2018 to 26.45, a 45% improvement. Manolo has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.81 | 9.13 | top 24.4% | 525 / 1,699 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 12.58 | top 33.8% | 1,007 / 2,901 | |
| 2×2 | 5.60 | 8.57 | top 46.6% | 1,660 / 3,897 | |
| Clock | 14.94 | 17.64 | top 47.7% | 407 / 891 | |
| 3×3 | 26.45 | 34.69 | top 55.8% | 2,508 / 5,202 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.34 | — | top 78.6% | 1,258 / 1,778 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:09.47 | — | top 88.8% | 1,111 / 1,335 | |
| Megaminx | 3:58.10 | — | top 89.7% | 710 / 889 |
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
- 4 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Parla Open 2026.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at X-Madrid Open 2025.
- 1 Feb 2020First sub-30 3×3: 29.56 at Getafe Continúa 2020.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Getafe Continúa 2020.
- 12 Oct 2018First competition: Spanish Championship 2018.
Competitions
- Villanueva Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Bilbao Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ocaña BotijOpen 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Parla Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Móstoles Open 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Cervantes Cubea Alcalá 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- X-Madrid Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- Lazarillo Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Getafe Vuelve 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Getafe Continúa 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019
- UCM Open 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Euskadi Open Portugalete 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cervantes Cubea 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Basauri Open 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2018 · 12 Oct 2018
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.
- Manuel Prieto de Antón — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mikel Pérez Iniesto — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raúl Martínez Redondo — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.