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Rafael Alférez Robisco

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015ROBI03

Rafael Alférez Robisco has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since September 2015, he has put 1,462 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.68 in September 2015 to 7.13, a 69% improvement. Rafael has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.13
signature single · Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026
1,462
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×37.139.77
top 1.5%62 / 5,141
Skewb3.425.51
top 7.2%205 / 1,685
Pyraminx4.359.03
top 9.4%308 / 2,865
2×22.763.99
top 11.6%453 / 3,845
4×439.6649.70
top 11.7%168 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed22.5226.45
top 27.4%292 / 1,315
Clock12.8314.66
top 38.9%327 / 876
5×52:17.612:31.17
top 59.7%436 / 863
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 1 solve225 / 282
3×3 blindfolded6:58.75—
early days — 1 solve245 / 273

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

Arnold Classic Rubik 2015: 22.68Camarma Open 2016: 18.56El Escorial Open 2016: 16.36Fuenlabrada Open 2016: 15.54Camarma Open 2017: 15.84Madrid Open 2017: 13.99Tembleque Open 2017: 13.39Fuenlabrada Open 2017: 12.97Madrid Open 2018: 11.38WCA European Championship 2018: 12.47Tembleque Open 2018: 11.31Getafe Vuelve 2019: 9.82UCM Open 2019: 11.81UPM Open 2019: 9.80Getafe Continúa 2020: 9.46Getafe Vuelve 2022: 9.55X-Madrid Open 2022: 10.06Ciu Open 2022: 10.37Campeonato de España 2022: 9.61URJC Open 2023: 9.85Getafe Continúa 2023: 11.63X-Madrid Open 2023: 8.90Parla Open 2023: 9.12Margarita Open 2023: 8.81Ventanal de la Sierra Open 2023: 8.32Las Tablas Open 2024: 9.87URJC Open 2024: 8.60Velilla Open 2024: 10.07X-Madrid Open 2024: 8.19Mirasierra Open 2024: 9.20URJC Open 2025: 9.55X-Madrid Open 2025: 9.35Cayro Toledo Open 2025: 10.16Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026: 7.13URJC Open 2026: 9.47Mirasierra Open 2026: 9.48X-Madrid Open 2026: 10.537.1322.6825 Sep 201523 May 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.