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Raúl Banacloche Biot

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015BANA01

Raúl Banacloche Biot has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Santa Pola Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Spain. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since February 2015, he has put 2,590 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.02 in February 2015 to 7.35, a 73% improvement. He has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.27
signature single · Santa Pola Open 2018
2,590
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×21.273.15
top 1.3%56 / 3,845
3×37.359.23
top 1.8%73 / 5,141
Pyraminx3.949.35
top 7.4%238 / 2,865
3×3 one-handed15.9520.03
top 10.1%107 / 1,315
Skewb4.088.36
top 11.4%302 / 1,685
4×440.3846.66
top 12.6%178 / 1,762
5×51:31.871:40.34
top 28.9%182 / 863
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 2 solves144 / 282

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

MAD Cube Weekend 2015: 27.02Castellon Open 2015: 23.63Spanish Championship 2015: 15.05Valencia Open 2015: 13.01Murcia 2016: 13.57Albacete Open 2016: 12.77Quijote Open 2016: 9.92Alicante Open 2016: 12.02Open Rubik Vall d'Uixó 2016: 10.84Spanish Championship 2016: 10.17Dual Games Alicante 2016: 10.78Imaginalia Open 2017: 10.34Alzira mueve las piezas 2017: 9.70Valencia Open 2017: 8.36World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.75Spanish Championship 2017: 9.80Alicante Open 2017: 10.59Lluís Vives Open 2017: 9.53Imaginalia Open 2018: 9.31La Vall d'Uixó Open 2018: 8.59WCA European Championship 2018: 9.31Spanish Championship 2018: 10.24Albacete Open 2018: 9.21Santa Pola Open 2018: 8.66Dual Games Alicante 2019: 7.98Cheste 2019: 9.29Spanish Championship 2019: 8.90Alicante Open 2019: 8.91UCLM Cuenca Open 2020: 9.01Burjassot Open 2022: 8.89NxN Muro Cubea 2023: 8.80Burjassot Open 2023: 9.30Gran Asociación Open 2024: 8.33L'Eliana Open 2024: 8.27Burjassot Mini 2024: 7.35Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.15Ruta Valenciana I: Calp-Ifach 2024: 8.48Ruta Valenciana III: Burjassot 2024: 9.67Ruta Valenciana IV: Sueca 2024: 8.79Spanish Championship 2024: 8.26Canet d'en Berenguer Open 2024: 9.09Mallorca Open 2025: 8.76Valencia Arena Open 2025: 8.37L'Eliana Open 2025: 8.85Ruta Cubera: Chera Open 2025: 9.47Sueca Open 2025: 9.90Spanish Championship 2025: 9.02Tarancón Open 2026: 8.88Canet d'en Berenguer Open 2026: 8.81UPV Open 2026: 9.02Ruta Cubera: Vila-real Open 2026: 8.29Torrent: La Torre Open 2026: 8.427.3527.0221 Feb 201529 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.