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Mikel Sánchez Zaragüeta

2×2 · top 5.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020ZARA02

Mikel Sánchez Zaragüeta has been competing for 7 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 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 239th 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 36,406 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.

2×2
best event — top 5.9% of 189,179 all-time
2.16
signature single · Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024
843
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×22.164.20
top 5.9%239 / 3,897
Skewb3.485.26
top 7.7%217 / 1,699
3×310.5113.01
top 9.0%376 / 5,202
Pyraminx4.688.36
top 11.3%369 / 2,901
Square-114.1418.46
top 14.5%85 / 610
4×443.8451.75
top 16.9%242 / 1,778
Clock11.7714.53
top 33.8%281 / 891
Megaminx1:45.431:59.01
top 37.9%267 / 889
5×52:07.732:15.04
top 54.2%391 / 874
3×3 blindfolded3:33.45—
top 61.9%165 / 274
6×64:18.52—
early days — 2 solves221 / 322

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

Iruña Open 2020: 18.41Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022: 15.10Legazpi Open 2022: 14.72Iruña Open 2023: 15.98Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023: 13.60Erandio TxikiOpen 2023: 13.34Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024: 13.82Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 14.15Sarriguren Open 2024: 11.30Spanish Championship 2024: 11.02Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025: 13.33Irabia-Izaga Open 2025: 11.72Amore Amorebieta Open 2025: 11.86Iruña Open 2025: 10.51Estella-Lizarra Open 2025: 10.95Tafalla Open 2025: 12.20Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2026: 12.3910.5118.417 Mar 202011 Apr 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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.