People · Spain
Pau Martínez Ruiz
2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017RUIZ16
Pau Martínez Ruiz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Gran Asociación Open 2024, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 386th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2017, he has put 184 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.81 in October 2017 to 12.31, a 46% improvement. Pau 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 6.11 | top 9.7% | 386 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 | 12.31 | 13.07 | top 15.0% | 604 / 5,141 | |
| Skewb | 5.53 | 10.53 | top 22.2% | 486 / 1,685 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.13 | 1:37.78 | top 25.0% | 162 / 863 | |
| 4×4 | 57.47 | 1:07.98 | top 33.7% | 479 / 1,762 | |
| Clock | 15.98 | 19.90 | top 51.8% | 440 / 876 | |
| 6×6 | 4:09.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 200 / 316 | |
| 7×7 | 6:21.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 168 / 260 |
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
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at UPV Open 2026.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Burjassot Open 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.82 at GP Cheste Cubea 2022.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at GP Cheste Cubea 2022.
- 17 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at GP Cheste Cubea 2022.
- 13 Oct 2017First competition: Spanish Championship 2017. A 22.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UPV Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Sueca Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Getafe Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ruta Valenciana IV: Sueca 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gran Asociación Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burjassot Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- GP Cheste Cubea 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2017 · 13 Oct 2017
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.
- Diego Serrano Martínez — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alberto Romero — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ricardo Bayona Salvador — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.