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Raúl Sánchez Vara

2×2 · top 13.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2010 · 2010VARA02

Raúl Sánchez Vara has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.93, set at MIR Open 2013, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 531st in Spain. Across 17 competitions since March 2010, he has put 605 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.57 in March 2010 to 13.43, a 72% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.93
signature single · MIR Open 2013
605
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×22.935.14
top 13.4%531 / 3,845
3×313.4315.53
top 19.0%773 / 5,141
Skewb6.0514.07
top 26.1%562 / 1,685
Pyraminx6.8312.26
top 26.5%795 / 2,865
4×456.921:03.97
top 33.0%459 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed25.7029.97
top 36.0%407 / 1,315
Square-125.9431.51
top 41.3%225 / 604
5×52:18.782:27.24
top 60.4%444 / 863
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
top 62.5%168 / 282
Megaminx2:35.862:46.29
top 64.0%470 / 874
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 12:30
early days — 2 solves105 / 109
Clock1:23.55
early days — 3 solves870 / 876

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

Madrid Open 2010: 48.57Madrid Open Rubik 2010: 24.50Spanish Championship 2010: 24.25UAM Open 2013: 20.72MIR Open 2013: 14.69Spanish Championship 2013: 15.11Madrid Spring Open 2014: 15.19Spanish Championship 2014: 14.93Euskadi Open 2014: 13.43Camarma Open 2014: 14.61MAD Cube Weekend 2015: 14.72Arnold Classic Rubik 2015: 13.72Cubéate Weekend 2016: 15.44Iruña Open 2017: 13.93El Escorial Open 2017: 16.07Villanueva Open 2017: 13.71WCA European Championship 2018: 14.0913.4348.5713 Mar 201019 Jul 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.