People · Spain
Mateo López Ruiz
Skewb · top 4.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025RUIZ02
Mateo López Ruiz has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.88, set at Ciu La Mancha Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 146th in Spain. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2025, he has put 262 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 7.96 in February 2025 to 2.88, a 64% improvement. Mateo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.88 | 5.74 | top 4.4% | 146 / 1,685 | |
| 3×3 | 12.77 | 15.17 | top 16.6% | 669 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.92 | 10.61 | top 27.2% | 817 / 2,865 | |
| 2×2 | 4.91 | 5.90 | top 38.2% | 1,384 / 3,845 | |
| Clock | 12.71 | 18.05 | top 38.3% | 321 / 876 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.04 | 1:16.57 | top 39.7% | 597 / 1,762 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.02 | 47.35 | top 53.4% | 643 / 1,315 | |
| Square-1 | 32.59 | 47.43 | top 54.3% | 297 / 604 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ciu La Mancha Open 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cayro Toledo Open 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.47 at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Móstoles Open 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.09 at Margarita Burón Open 2025.
Competitions
- Ciu La Mancha Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cayro Toledo Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- UC3M Leganés Open 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cartagena UPCT Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Móstoles Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Margarita Burón Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- URJC Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
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.
- Lucas Campaniello González — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jose Sánchez García — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Víctor Tretyakov Timofeyeva — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.