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Daniel Barbosa

3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017BARB01

Daniel Barbosa has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.58, set at BarbeCubing Spring 2019, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,033rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2017, he has put 298 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.15 in March 2017 to 10.58, a 54% improvement. Daniel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.58
signature single · BarbeCubing Spring 2019
298
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.5811.65
top 9.2%5,033 / 59,724
2×22.763.86
top 11.6%4,548 / 40,951
4×442.8448.08
top 15.6%2,353 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed19.1722.22
top 18.3%2,352 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.2610.06
top 30.0%8,331 / 28,708
5×51:34.961:39.75
top 31.4%2,485 / 9,401
Square-122.1932.91
top 32.9%2,126 / 6,743
Megaminx1:37.941:54.96
top 33.3%2,363 / 7,841
Skewb8.7612.06
top 46.8%8,285 / 18,907
6×63:21.033:32.54
top 51.0%1,918 / 4,196

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

KCubing Winter 2017: 23.15SCC Summer 2017: 16.25KCubing Fall 2017: 11.67Cubing 4 Kids 2018: 12.00BarbeCubing 2018: 11.03BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 11.16BarbeCubing Spring 2019: 10.58WCA World Championship 2019: 10.71KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023: 11.2810.5823.154 Mar 201711 Feb 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.

  • David Woner — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Will Wooden — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Ryan Potts — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.