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Jorge Martín Espinosa vs Rafael Rodriguez Santana

Two careers, 910 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Jorge Martín Espinosa (Spain) and Rafael Rodriguez Santana (Spain) have met in 910 rounds across 76 competitions since 2012. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Rafael Rodriguez Santana leads Jorge Martín Espinosa: 626 finishes in front to 277 and 7 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 14 shared events, Rafael Rodriguez Santana holds the faster single in 13, Jorge Martín Espinosa in 1.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventJorge Martín Espinosa singleaverageRafael Rodriguez Santana singleaverage
3×38.199.806.258.32
2×21.443.111.072.00
4×435.3540.4624.9631.28
5×51:13.521:20.5357.611:06.03
6×62:46.732:55.492:14.332:24.53
7×74:30.544:55.253:52.404:11.53
3×3 blindfolded2:43.311:12.741:59.47
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves31.3320 moves24.00
3×3 one-handed12.5117.8512.0316.43
Clock9.6811.647.209.05
Megaminx1:08.881:15.101:05.271:09.99
Pyraminx2.523.863.034.76
Skewb2.684.982.255.37
Square-114.2926.0211.1919.19

Year by year

every meeting, 910 rounds in all
20122024busiest year: 167 meetings2012: 252013: 392014: 882015: 972016: 772017: 762018: 382019: 942022: 892023: 1202024: 167

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundJorge Martín EspinosaRafael Rodriguez Santanaahead
2024Spanish Championship 20242×2First round4.713.09Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024Spanish Championship 20242×2Second round4.592.61Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024Spanish Championship 20243×3Semi Final12.429.53Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024Spanish Championship 20243×3Second round10.608.36Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024Spanish Championship 20243×3First round12.319.85Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024Spanish Championship 20243×3 blindfoldedFirst roundtie
2024Spanish Championship 20244×4First round47.3236.14Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024Spanish Championship 20244×4Second round47.0034.53Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024Spanish Championship 2024PyraminxSecond round5.737.38Jorge Martín Espinosa
2024Spanish Championship 2024PyraminxFirst round5.936.83Jorge Martín Espinosa
2024Spanish Championship 2024SkewbFirst round7.778.77Jorge Martín Espinosa
2024Spanish Championship 2024SkewbSecond round10.366.84Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 20242×2First round3.252.91Rafael Rodriguez Santana
2024SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 20242×2Final3.752.56Rafael Rodriguez Santana

Full careers: Jorge Martín Espinosa · Rafael Rodriguez Santana. A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.