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Raúl Gómez

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018GOME01

Raúl Gómez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Tabacundo Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Ecuador. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since January 2018, he has put 792 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.72 in January 2018 to 1.48, a 78% improvement. He has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.48
signature single · Tabacundo Open 2025
792
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
2×21.482.04
top 2.1%4 / 686
Pyraminx3.976.36
top 7.5%30 / 394
3×310.1111.91
top 7.8%62 / 1,104
3×3 one-handed22.3436.52
top 27.0%83 / 243
4×452.8859.21
top 28.2%98 / 272
Clock55.50—
early days — 1 solve55 / 56

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

Tulcan Open 2018: 6.72Ecuador Nationals 2018: 6.04Tabacundo Open 2018: 6.03Ibarra Open 2018: 4.36Ecuador Asciende 2018: 3.12Guayaquil Championship 2018: 4.69Ecuador Nationals 2019: 3.48Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019: 2.65Aves María El Renacimiento 2021: 2.10Guayaquil Resist 2021: 2.27Quito Open 2022: 1.71UIO 2022: 2.13Ibarra Open 2022: 2.02Cuenca Open 2022: 1.98Ibarra UTN Open 2022: 2.14Ecuador Nationals 2022: 1.66San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2022: 1.97Guayaco Open 2023: 2.12Imbabura Open 2023: 1.79UTN Ibarra Open 2023: 2.02Ecuador Nationals 2023: 1.76Cotacachi Open 2023: 1.69Ecuador Cubing 2024: 2.08San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2024: 2.34Pedro Moncayo Open 2024: 1.66Quito Free 2024: 1.63UTN Ibarra Open 2024: 1.78Ambato Open 2024: 1.77Ibarra Open 2024: 2.08Ecuador Nationals 2024: 1.87The Last Game EC 2024: 1.97Tabacundo Open 2025: 1.48Quito SúperCube 2025: 1.56UTN Open 2025: 2.23Ecuador Nationals 2025: 1.85Tabacundo Open 2026: 1.90Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026: 1.70UTN Open 2026: 1.541.486.726 Jan 201811 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.48 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.