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Manuel Arjona Crespo

2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014CRES02

Manuel Arjona Crespo has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Fuengirola Cubea 2018, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Spain. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,111 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.60 in November 2014 to 9.06, a 60% improvement. Manuel has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time
1.22
signature single · Fuengirola Cubea 2018
1,111
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×21.224.06
top 1.1%52 / 3,897
Skewb2.573.92
top 3.2%122 / 1,699
Pyraminx3.086.38
top 3.9%126 / 2,901
3×39.0611.85
top 5.0%208 / 5,202
3×3 one-handed16.3823.74
top 11.2%118 / 1,335
4×450.2257.24
top 25.1%355 / 1,778
5×52:19.692:29.98
top 61.0%455 / 874
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 1 solve184 / 286
Clock22.8826.79
top 72.2%636 / 891
Square-150.87—
early days — 3 solves419 / 610
Megaminx4:28.02—
early days — 2 solves766 / 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

Alhambra LMO 2014: 22.60Spanish Championship 2015: 17.05Mijas Open 2015: 17.58Quijote Open 2016: 17.37CVDB Open 2016: 14.20Spanish Championship 2016: 11.57Mijas Open 2016: 12.72Altasierra 2017: 11.54Acho Open 2017: 12.98Tembleque Open 2017: 11.22Spanish Championship 2017: 12.35Mijas Open 2017: 11.19Altasierra 2018: 10.00Chanquete Open 2018: 10.88Riberas del Guadaíra 2018: 11.40Ibi Open 2018: 9.06WCA European Championship 2018: 11.47Fuengirola Cubea 2018: 11.17Santa Pola Open 2018: 9.48Dacada San Fernando Open 2022: 11.36Nhood Sevilla Open 2023: 13.72Puerto Real Camaleón Open 2024: 12.289.0622.6015 Nov 20145 Oct 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.