People · Spain
Sara Plaza
3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023PLAZ04
Sara Plaza has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.23, set at Parets Open 2026, puts her in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 449th in Spain. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, she has put 138 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 4 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.87 in December 2023 to 11.23, a 49% improvement. Sara has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.23 | 15.25 | top 11.2% | 449 / 5,141 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 5.42 | top 12.6% | 493 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.42 | 14.02 | top 31.3% | 917 / 2,865 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.94 | — | top 76.1% | 1,205 / 1,762 | |
| Skewb | 31.21 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,564 / 1,685 | |
| Clock | 2:53.73 | — | early days — 1 solve | 876 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.88 at Iruña Open 2025.
- 8 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.44 at Spanish Championship 2023.
- 2 Dec 2023First competition: ZGZ Open 2023. A 21.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Parets Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Begastri Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Iruña Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zaragoza Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- ZGZ Open 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
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 her.
- Antonio López — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Francisco Montañés Barbudo — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Marcos Plaza Nocito — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as she improves.