People · Spain
Rafa Diranzo Argatu
2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ARGA01
Rafa Diranzo Argatu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Tarazona de la Mancha Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Spain. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since February 2024, he has put 1,024 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.52 in February 2024 to 9.52, a 56% improvement. Rafa has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 1.22 | 3.75 | top 1.1% | 52 / 3,897 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.51 | 5.69 | top 5.5% | 185 / 2,901 | |
| Skewb | 3.19 | 5.11 | top 6.0% | 177 / 1,699 | |
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 13.25 | top 6.2% | 258 / 5,202 | |
| Clock | 6.00 | 7.73 | top 7.2% | 56 / 891 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.89 | 22.70 | top 20.2% | 223 / 1,335 | |
| 4×4 | 51.53 | 58.69 | top 26.7% | 370 / 1,778 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.64 | 1:59.97 | top 40.8% | 289 / 889 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.29 | 2:04.50 | top 47.7% | 343 / 874 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Albacete Cubea y Vete 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Ruta Cubera: Orihuela Open 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ruta Cubera: Orihuela Open 2025.
- 29 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bullas Open 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Tarazona de la Mancha Open 2024.
Competitions
- UPV Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Canet d'en Berenguer Open 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Spanish Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Sueca Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ruta Cubera: Chera Open 2025 · 5 Jul 2025
- L'Eliana Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Valencia Arena Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Albacete Cubea y Vete 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ruta Cubera: Orihuela Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Canet d'en Berenguer Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- MurgiJoven Open 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bullas Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Tarazona de la Mancha Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Ruta Valenciana III: Burjassot 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nerja Chanquete Open 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Ruta Valenciana I: Calp-Ifach 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Burjassot Mini 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- L'Eliana Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Segundo Aldeilla: NxNxN Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuente Álamo Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Gran Asociación Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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 201 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Elies Qin Lloret Garcia — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- David Sánchez Peris — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.