People · Spain
Daniel Caín Rodríguez Trapero
3×3 · top 2.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022TRAP01
Daniel Caín Rodríguez Trapero has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.58, set at Spanish Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2022, he has put 427 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.73 in March 2022 to 7.58, a 22% improvement. Daniel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.58 | 9.15 | top 2.1% | 94 / 5,202 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 4.06 | top 4.1% | 177 / 3,897 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.45 | 6.07 | top 5.3% | 173 / 2,901 | |
| 4×4 | 48.79 | 57.62 | top 23.3% | 331 / 1,778 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.66 | 27.26 | top 25.1% | 276 / 1,335 | |
| Clock | 13.82 | — | early days — 3 solves | 367 / 891 | |
| Skewb | 11.05 | 16.42 | top 61.1% | 1,036 / 1,699 |
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 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Mairena Open 2023.
- 7 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Campeonato de España 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First competition: Getafe Vuelve 2022. A 11.41 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Getafe Vuelve 2022.
Competitions
- Ciu La Mancha Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ciu La Mancha Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Albacete Ágora Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Mairena Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Ciu Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato de España 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ciu Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Getafe Vuelve 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Rafael Rodriguez Santana — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Josete Sánchez — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.