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Pau Vela García

3×3 · top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009GARC04

Pau Vela García has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.23, set at Spanish Championship 2018, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 122 competitions since April 2009, he has put 6,973 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.59 in April 2009 to 7.23, an 83% improvement. Pau has entered 122 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time
7.23
signature single · Spanish Championship 2018
6,973
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×37.239.92
top 1.6%68 / 5,202
2×21.523.10
top 2.2%102 / 3,897
Pyraminx3.356.00
top 4.9%161 / 2,901
4×433.7941.13
top 5.7%80 / 1,778
Megaminx53.651:00.78
top 6.8%44 / 889
Skewb3.477.18
top 7.6%216 / 1,699
3×3 one-handed15.1517.89
top 8.5%90 / 1,335
Clock6.788.21
top 10.1%77 / 891
5×51:17.311:26.68
top 17.2%116 / 874
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves40.67
top 23.5%71 / 286
6×62:58.603:07.18
top 40.4%117 / 322
3×3 blindfolded2:37.16—
top 45.6%116 / 274
7×74:57.055:17.46
top 49.8%116 / 267
Square-131.8338.73
top 52.9%292 / 610

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

Barcelona Open 2009: 41.59Madrid Open 2009: 32.81Spanish Championship 2009: 21.05Toulouse Open 2010: 15.78Murcia Open 2010: 18.56Montpellier Open 2010: 16.77Zaragoza Open 2010: 17.22Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2010: 11.55European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 14.83Madrid Open Rubik 2010: 12.18Spanish Championship 2010: 11.41Murcia Open 2011: 14.09Montpellier Open 2011: 11.91Barcelona Rubik's Summer Open 2011: 11.30Válgame Open 2011: 10.96Spanish Championship 2011: 11.75Barcelona Winter Open 2012: 9.34Granada Open 2012: 11.65European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 11.65Castellon Open 2013: 11.47MIR Open 2013: 10.21Spanish Championship 2013: 11.11Valencia Open 2014: 9.81Zaragoza Open 2014: 11.43Les Santes Open 2014: 10.81Iutopia Open 2014: 10.07Spanish Championship 2014: 9.51Montgròs Open 2015: 9.97Barcelona FME Open 2015: 9.18Minyons de Terrassa Open 2015: 10.39Arnold Open 2016: 11.17FME & Cubo y Calla 2016: 9.66Andorra 2016: 10.37Calisay Open 2017: 9.69Les Franqueses Open 2017: 9.83Iruña Open 2017: 8.97IPM Open 2017: 8.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.39Acho Open 2017: 9.09Arnold Open 2017: 8.75Spanish Championship 2017: 9.93Andorra 2017: 9.98Dublin Open 2017: 9.74Lluís Vives Open 2017: 10.04Vedruna Balaguer Open 2018: 9.50Les Franqueses Open 2018: 9.25La Vall d'Uixó Open 2018: 8.42FMEntal Breakdown 2018: 9.81WCA European Championship 2018: 10.37Bilbao Open 2018: 9.49Arnold Open 2018: 10.28Spanish Championship 2018: 7.23Andorra 2018: 9.42Mundet Open 2018: 9.11Vedruna Balaguer Open 2019: 7.39Les Franqueses Open 2019: 8.54Juan Manuel Zafra Open 2019: 8.84Cheste 2019: 9.31Arnold Classic Europe 2019: 9.20Martorell Open 2019: 8.46Andorra 2019: 9.47FME Open 2019: 9.40Montpellier Open 2021: 8.97La Massana 2021: 10.06Seraing Open 2021: 8.75Basauri Open 2021: 10.07Iruña Open 2022: 10.30Baztan Open 2022: 10.31Lleida Open 2022: 10.57Mallorca Open 2022: 10.18Burjassot Open 2022: 9.28Campeonato de España 2022: 9.36Minyons de Terrassa Open 2022: 7.90Potablava Open 2022: 8.86Archena 24 Horas 2022: 10.01GP Cheste Cubea 2022: 9.72Lleida Winter Open 2023: 9.69Bufanúvols Mini 2023: 9.37Martorell Open 2023: 8.79Balaguer Medieval 2023: 8.25Nhood Xperience Sant Boi 2023: 9.32Piera Open 2023: 9.55Minyons de Terrassa Open 2023: 9.08Torelló Open 2023: 9.27ZGZ Open 2023: 9.00Spanish Championship 2023: 10.34Ivars d'Urgell Open 2024: 10.04Parets Open 2024: 9.78Amore Open 2024: 9.01Potablava Open 2024: 8.37CubingVic 2024: 10.39Baztan Open 2024: 9.68El Masnou Open 2024: 8.95San Marino Nationals 2024: 9.19Vilafranca Open 2024: 10.12Santpedor Open 2024: 8.22Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.94Val d'Aran Open 2024: 8.18Andorran Championship 2024: 8.31Fires de Girona 2024: 9.73Barcelona Open 2024: 10.02Tarragona Open 2024: 9.68Parets Open 2025: 10.21Amore Amorebieta Open 2025: 9.19Vilafranca Open 2025: 9.39Girona Open 2025: 9.42Vall de Núria 2025: 10.55CubingVic 2025: 8.49Granollers Open 2025: 9.27Santpedor Open 2025: 9.94Gibraltar Open 2025: 8.19Moroccan Championship 2025: 7.60Minyons de Terrassa Open 2025: 9.80Spanish Championship 2025: 9.59Vilafranca Open 2026: 9.47Parets Open 2026: 9.94Vilajuga Vilafranca 2026: 9.127.2341.5924 Apr 20093 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.