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Marco Criado Gómez

Square-1 · top 0.41% of 25,662 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022GOME12

Marco Criado Gómez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.35, set at Poniente Almeriense Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.41% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Spain. Until October 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since June 2022, he has put 3,472 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.48 in June 2022 to 8.10, a 48% improvement. Marco has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.41% of 25,662 all-time
5.35
signature single · Poniente Almeriense Open 2026
3,472
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Square-15.3512.20
top 0.41%2 / 610
2×21.031.46
top 0.62%33 / 3,897
4×429.7434.75
top 2.7%40 / 1,778
3×38.109.73
top 3.0%123 / 5,202
Skewb2.704.59
top 3.7%132 / 1,699
Clock4.825.55
top 4.0%32 / 891
Pyraminx3.164.28
top 4.2%136 / 2,901
Megaminx50.7354.09
top 5.5%35 / 889
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves33.67
top 6.3%20 / 286
3×3 one-handed14.6319.18
top 7.4%77 / 1,335
5×51:07.611:17.85
top 10.1%66 / 874
3×3 blindfolded56.612:03.54
top 12.0%28 / 274
6×62:17.352:29.74
top 19.3%57 / 322
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 41:15—
top 21.8%18 / 109
4×4 blindfolded8:21.18—
top 46.1%21 / 57
5×5 blindfolded23:00.00—
early days — 1 solve15 / 29

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

Aldeílla Mental Breakdown 2022: 15.48Aldeilla Open 2022: 13.84Chanquete Open 2022: 15.04Archena 24 Horas 2022: 12.62Aldeilla Open 2023: 12.12Granada Open 2023: 9.95IndalOpen 2023: 11.75Aldeilla FMC Open 2023: 10.67Begastri Open 2023: 10.57Chanquete Open 2023: 8.87Sum of Ranks Granada 2023: 12.48Aldeilla sin FMC Open 2023: 10.12UMA Open 2023: 11.86Spanish Championship 2023: 9.92IndalOpen 2024: 9.33Fuente Álamo Open 2024: 8.22Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024: 9.58Granada Open 2024: 10.24Albacete Ágora Open 2024: 8.85Parla Open 2024: 9.32Begastri Open 2024: 9.67Nerja Chanquete Open 2024: 9.30SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2024: 10.14Bullas Open 2024: 9.27Sum of Ranks Granada 2024: 10.47MurgiJoven Open 2024: 10.10Spanish Championship 2024: 9.42Cuarto Aldeilla: 33 Horas Ruleta Open 2024: 8.68Ruta Cubera: Orihuela Open 2025: 9.84Aldeilla Winter Open 2025: 10.78El Ejido Open 2025: 9.71IndalOpen O'Clock 2025: 9.27Granada Open 2025: 9.39Cartagena UPCT Open 2025: 9.54Valdepeñas Open 2025: 8.97Begastri Open 2025: 8.10SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2025: 8.13Guadix Open 2025: 10.92Ukubom Moratalla Open 2026: 9.01Málaga Open 2026: 8.57Granada Open 2026: 9.01Valdepeñas Open 2026: 8.87Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.61Begastri Open 2026: 9.46Back to School in Arraiolos 2026: 8.77Nerja Chanquete Open 2026: 9.03Guadix Open 2026: 8.51Poniente Almeriense Open 2026: 8.198.1015.4811 Jun 202210 Oct 2026

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-5 Square-1 single — 70 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.