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Rubén Ferrero Ortiz

2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014ORTI04

Rubén Ferrero Ortiz has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Zaragoza Open 2014, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 276th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2014, he has put 294 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in April 2014 to 11.84, a 37% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.30
signature single · Zaragoza Open 2014
294
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×22.304.43
top 7.0%276 / 3,845
Pyraminx4.177.43
top 8.5%267 / 2,865
Skewb3.885.48
top 10.1%270 / 1,685
3×311.8415.19
top 13.3%531 / 5,141
Square-117.8722.74
top 23.1%129 / 604
4×449.5156.87
top 24.1%339 / 1,762
Megaminx1:28.251:43.12
top 27.1%179 / 874
5×51:44.621:52.39
top 38.9%258 / 863
3×3 one-handed28.0032.22
top 42.0%476 / 1,315
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves
early days — 1 solve254 / 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

Zaragoza Open 2014: 18.75Camarma Open 2016: 14.04Villanueva Open 2016: 15.00El Escorial Open 2017: 11.84Tembleque Open 2018: 12.0811.8418.754 Apr 20148 Sep 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 0.30 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.