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Daniel Adrian López de Andrade

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012ANDR01

Daniel Adrian López de Andrade has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Piracicaba Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2012, he has put 298 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.66 in April 2012 to 16.07, a 52% improvement. Daniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.96
signature single · Piracicaba Open 2013
298
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×21.965.80
top 4.5%134 / 5,137
3×316.0720.17
top 28.0%1,669 / 9,644
Pyraminx8.6411.38
top 41.7%1,018 / 3,208
Square-129.8451.62
top 49.1%273 / 647
4×41:19.151:30.65
top 55.2%838 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed35.2745.47
top 57.7%936 / 1,992
5×52:28.722:47.63
top 65.1%459 / 845
Megaminx3:30.27
early days — 2 solves817 / 1,062
6×65:39.995:41.93
early days — 3 solves235 / 307

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

Oficina Open 2012: 33.66SESC Santos 2012: 26.38Americana Open 2012: 20.05Oficina Open 2013: 20.81Campeonato de Cubos Mágicos de São Carlos SP 2013: 17.25Piracicaba Open 2013: 19.15SESC Araraquara 2013: 16.07Oficina Open 2014: 20.2916.0733.6614 Apr 20123 May 2014

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.