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Samuel María Liñares

Square-1 · top 0.51% of 25,662 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022LINA04

Samuel María Liñares has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.55, set at El Tormes Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Spain. Until July 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,976 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.82 in July 2022 to 8.18, a 31% improvement. Samuel has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.51% of 25,662 all-time
5.55
signature single · El Tormes Open 2025
1,976
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Square-15.557.44
top 0.51%3 / 610
Skewb2.295.67
top 2.2%93 / 1,699
2×21.583.16
top 2.5%113 / 3,897
3×38.1810.56
top 3.1%134 / 5,202
Pyraminx2.904.39
top 3.3%110 / 2,901
4×432.2038.99
top 4.4%65 / 1,778
Clock5.676.78
top 6.2%44 / 891
5×51:06.981:11.05
top 9.8%63 / 874
3×3 one-handed16.7822.13
top 12.1%132 / 1,335
Megaminx1:10.051:15.43
top 15.7%114 / 889
3×3 blindfolded1:27.842:03.27
top 22.3%60 / 274
7×74:20.385:32.60
top 37.9%89 / 267
6×63:03.933:26.37
top 43.0%121 / 322

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

Lazarillo Open 2022: 11.82Campeonato de España 2022: 12.12Amore Open 2023: 10.42Torrelavega Open 2023: 10.92Lazarillo Open 2023: 11.63NxN Tormes Open 2023: 9.27Camino de la Plata Open 2023: 10.02Spanish Championship 2023: 9.98Baztan Open 2024: 9.77Lazarillo Open 2024: 10.56Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.87El Tormes Open 2024: 10.34Spanish Championship 2024: 9.87Écija Open 2025: 8.18Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025: 8.86Móstoles Open 2025: 10.62UC3M Leganés Open 2025: 10.79Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025: 10.60León Open 2025: 8.48El Tormes Open 2025: 8.86Spanish Championship 2025: 9.61Palencia con P de Pyraminx 2026: 10.25Camino de Santiago Open 2026: 8.82UC3M Leganés Open 2026: 8.38Cayro Toledo Open 2026: 10.15Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2026: 8.44Legio Open 2026: 9.268.1812.1230 Jul 202219 Sep 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-5 Square-1 single — 70 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.