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Saúl Mate

2×2 · top 14.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022MATE02

Saúl Mate has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.02, set at Madrid Norte Open 2024, puts him in the top 14.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 562nd in Spain. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.71 in July 2022 to 3.02, a 69% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.02
signature single · Madrid Norte Open 2024
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×23.026.89
top 14.5%562 / 3,845
Clock12.3014.40
top 36.4%306 / 876
3×321.2223.98
top 43.3%1,878 / 5,141
Pyraminx10.4013.31
top 56.1%1,553 / 2,865

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

Parla Open 2022: 9.71X-Madrid Open 2024: 6.27Parla Open 2024: 5.50Madrid Norte Open 2024: 3.02Móstoles Open 2025: 5.363.029.719 Jul 202210 May 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 9 Jul 2022First competition: Parla Open 2022. A 29.77 3×3 single to start from.

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.