People · Venezuela
Daniel Alexander Medina Márquez
2×2 · top 9.5% of 189,179 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 9.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Venezuela. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 132 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 8 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 four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 9.5% | 56 / 565 | |
| Skewb | 4.47 | 7.29 | top 14.3% | 33 / 156 | |
| 3×3 | 12.84 | 17.01 | top 17.0% | 165 / 1,022 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.08 | 1:08.97 | top 36.6% | 103 / 267 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.91 | 35.80 | top 39.2% | 106 / 272 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.75 | 10.99 | top 42.7% | 178 / 417 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.68 | 2:37.43 | top 49.6% | 65 / 116 |
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
- 18 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Road to Nats Mérida 2026.
- 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
- Road to Nats Mérida 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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 27 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Andrés González — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Hildebrando Barrera — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.