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Martinez Ruz, Carlos Julio
🇨🇺FIDE 3525643· Male· Cuba· Born in 2005
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Carlos Julio Martinez Ruz, a 21-year-old Cuban player, is rated 2181 — just 27 short of his peak of 2208 (Jan 2026, age 21) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +21 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Festival Homenaje a las Madres 2026, Campeonato de Cuba Absoluto 2026, and Torneo Miguel Aleman in Memoriam 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Manuel Cofino Lopez 2025) and 6 blitz events (including Campeonato de Cuba Absoluto Blitz 2026) recently. He took a 31-month break between Jun 2019 and Feb 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached Cuban #89 in Jan 2026.
At junior level, he reached World #64 in U12, World #84 in U10 and #8, #6, #18 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2181
Standard
Rpd2117·Blz2097
All-time high
2208
−27 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 21
Jan 2026 · age 21
Activity
33
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,232 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2026
Peak Cuban rank: #89
at age 21 · rated 2208
Jan 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 21
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2208
at age 21 · −27 from today
Jan 2026
2025
8th Cuban U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2199
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Apr 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+53
2128 → 2181
Tournaments
5
46 games
Score
27/ 4658.7%
22W10D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/8 | #29 | 2129 | -21.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/9 | #24 | 2187 | -6.0 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2231 | +8.6 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 7.5/10 | #1 | 2400 | +71.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/9 | #15 | 2007 | -31.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCristhian Portal RamosFM
🇨🇺CUB·2195
+4 −8 =6
18 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsAlain Otero MarinoIM
🇨🇺CUB·2352
+3 −8 =3
14 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsGerman Barroso Abreu
🇨🇺CUB·1993
+5 −6 =3
14 games·last met Mar 2018
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vsLivan Guevara Fernandez
🇨🇺CUB·2102
+9 −2 =1
12 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsEdrwis Anthuan Espinosa Forti
🇨🇺CUB·2230
+7 −2 =2
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Cuba
#100
out of 535 players
Americas
#1,010
in continent
World
#9,232
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Cuba
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Americas
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World
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| 9232 | 2,181 | |