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Rafael Saez Ribas

3×3 · top 50.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014RIBA01

Rafael Saez Ribas has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.95, set at Parla Open 2024, puts him in the top 50.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,224th in Spain. Across 28 competitions since March 2014, he has put 164 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.71 in March 2014 to 23.95, a 46% improvement. Rafael has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.2% of 284,439 all-time
23.95
signature single · Parla Open 2024
164
official solves on the record
20%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×323.9533.28
top 50.2%2,224 / 5,141
3×3 blindfolded4:13.64
early days — 3 solves181 / 273
2×213.3717.53
top 87.7%3,124 / 3,845
4×43:06.593:22.65
top 97.0%1,642 / 1,762

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

Murcia Open 2014: 44.71Murcia 2016: 30.40X-Madrid Open 2022: 43.26Campeonato de España 2022: 36.50Getafe Continúa 2023: 34.27Margarita Open 2023: 36.44Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023: 30.14URJC Open 2024: 25.01Getafe Continúa 2024: 32.42Móstoles Open 2024: 34.04Parla Open 2024: 23.95Madrid Norte Open 2024: 29.37URJC Open 2025: 40.89Margarita Burón Open 2025: 31.44Getafe Open 2025: 36.61X-Madrid Open 2025: 35.64Parla Open 2025: 31.87Madrid Norte Open 2025: 31.86Tarancón Open 2026: 40.13Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026: 33.33URJC Open 2026: 24.23Mirasierra Open 2026: 35.23Móstoles Open 2026: 30.29X-Madrid Open 2026: 26.32No Veas Ocaña 2026: 27.62Parla Open 2026: 32.28Ocaña BotijOpen 2026: 25.2723.9544.711 Mar 20148 Aug 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.95 away.
  • A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,381 people have one; it is 1:13.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.