People · Venezuela
Daniel Alexander Medina Márquez
2×2 · top 9.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025MARQ11
Daniel Alexander Medina Márquez has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at Cubo Nevado Mérida 2025, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Venezuela. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 95 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.16 in August 2025 to 12.84, a 42% improvement. Daniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 5.03 | top 9.4% | 55 / 550 | |
| Skewb | 4.47 | 7.29 | top 14.2% | 33 / 151 | |
| 3×3 | 12.84 | 17.01 | top 16.9% | 162 / 1,005 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.91 | 41.87 | top 39.1% | 102 / 262 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.86 | 1:09.98 | top 40.5% | 110 / 258 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.58 | 10.99 | top 49.7% | 199 / 410 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 86 / 115 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.84 at Cube Fest Mérida 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Fest Mérida 2026.
- 14 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.31 at Cubo Nevado Mérida 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025First competition: Cubeando en Mérida 2025. A 22.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Fest Mérida 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubo Nevado Mérida 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubeando en Mérida 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
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.
- Nayarid Villarreal — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Juan David Lagos Botina — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hildebrando Barrera — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.