People · Spain
Mikel Sánchez Zaragüeta
2×2 · top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020ZARA02
Mikel Sánchez Zaragüeta has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 233rd in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since March 2020, he has put 843 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.41 in March 2020 to 10.51, a 43% improvement. Mikel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 4.20 | top 5.9% | 233 / 3,845 | |
| Skewb | 3.48 | 5.26 | top 7.6% | 214 / 1,685 | |
| 3×3 | 10.51 | 13.01 | top 9.0% | 367 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 8.36 | top 11.3% | 361 / 2,865 | |
| Square-1 | 14.14 | 18.46 | top 14.4% | 84 / 604 | |
| 4×4 | 43.84 | 51.75 | top 16.8% | 237 / 1,762 | |
| Clock | 11.77 | 14.53 | top 33.9% | 275 / 876 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.43 | 1:59.01 | top 37.8% | 257 / 874 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.73 | 2:15.04 | top 54.1% | 382 / 863 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:33.45 | — | top 61.9% | 165 / 273 | |
| 6×6 | 4:18.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 215 / 316 |
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
- 29 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024.
- 25 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Legazpi Open 2022.
- 17 Dec 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Legazpi Open 2022.
- 5 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022.
Competitions
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Tafalla Open 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Estella-Lizarra Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Iruña Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Amore Amorebieta Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Irabia-Izaga Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sarriguren Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Erandio TxikiOpen 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Iruña Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Legazpi Open 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Iruña Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
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.
- Alejandro Nicolay — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- José Miguel Beguiristain — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.