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Dael Martínez Ruíz

Skewb · top 7.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017MART64

Dael Martínez Ruíz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Tunas Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 123rd in Mexico. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2017, he has put 64 official solves on the record across twelve events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.86 in August 2017 to 18.24, a 17% improvement. Dael has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 7.0% of 73,281 all-time
3.38
signature single · Tunas Open 2019
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
Skewb3.389.28
top 7.0%123 / 1,157
2×24.306.87
top 30.3%1,089 / 3,018
3×318.2420.79
top 34.8%1,941 / 4,263
Pyraminx8.0912.19
top 36.9%866 / 2,003
Megaminx2:00.51
top 45.9%528 / 1,042
3×3 one-handed30.6043.50
top 48.0%877 / 1,672
Clock16.3020.68
top 52.9%371 / 652
4×41:17.00
early days — 2 solves1,146 / 1,845
5×52:12.83
early days — 2 solves642 / 1,010
Square-137.8946.59
top 62.6%306 / 516
6×64:26.01
early days — 1 solve383 / 510
7×76:41.70
early days — 1 solve354 / 472

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

Weas México 2017: 21.86TimerTon 2018: 18.24Tunas Open 2019: 19.21Big Tunas 2023: 21.1018.2421.865 Aug 201718 Mar 2023

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.