People · Spain
Raúl Fernández de Cos
Clock · top 7.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023COSR01
Raúl Fernández de Cos has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.93, set at Santpedor Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Spain. Until July 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2023, he has put 518 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.89 in February 2023 to 13.04, an 18% improvement. He has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.93 | 7.15 | top 7.1% | 51 / 876 | |
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 16.22 | top 17.6% | 708 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.20 | 8.92 | top 21.5% | 652 / 2,865 | |
| 2×2 | 5.03 | 6.27 | top 39.7% | 1,437 / 3,845 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.28 | 1:16.55 | top 44.2% | 672 / 1,762 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.07 | 35.78 | top 46.8% | 544 / 1,315 | |
| Skewb | 10.87 | 15.89 | top 60.1% | 1,016 / 1,685 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.82 | 2:57.49 | top 63.4% | 477 / 863 | |
| Square-1 | 53.19 | 1:02.32 | top 78.9% | 434 / 604 | |
| Megaminx | 3:50.77 | 4:23.26 | top 88.3% | 679 / 874 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 59 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 262 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.19 at Nhood Xperience Sant Boi 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Nhood Xperience Sant Boi 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First competition: Sant Valentí a Parets 2023. A 16.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bilbao Urte Berri Off 2025 · 29 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bilbao Urte Berri OpeN 2025 · 3 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Santpedor Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Vilafranca Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- El Masnou Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingVic 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parets Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ivars d'Urgell Open 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Torelló Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Nhood Xperience Side Events 2023 · 1 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Minyons de Terrassa Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Piera Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Torrelavega Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nhood Xperience Sant Boi 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Martorell Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sant Valentí a Parets 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Albert Garriga Gea — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Laura Tarrés Gimeno — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Oscar Sánchez Najarro — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.