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Daniel Cano Salgado

3×3 · top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011SALG01

Daniel Cano Salgado has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.95, set at Avenida Chile XVIII 2024, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Colombia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since May 2011, he has put 3,315 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.47 in May 2011 to 5.95, a 59% improvement. Daniel has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time
5.95
signature single · Avenida Chile XVIII 2024
3,315
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×35.958.39
top 0.46%10 / 5,812
2×21.183.16
top 0.98%24 / 3,615
4×427.1732.15
top 1.4%11 / 1,270
5×552.911:01.27
top 2.6%7 / 506
3×3 one-handed12.7515.80
top 4.0%31 / 1,175
Skewb2.926.36
top 4.6%55 / 1,065
Pyraminx3.655.36
top 6.1%137 / 2,395
Megaminx55.381:03.04
top 7.6%50 / 533
Clock6.307.86
top 8.3%41 / 435
Square-111.9221.23
top 9.7%27 / 317
6×62:00.952:05.36
top 11.4%25 / 232
7×73:02.963:14.65
top 11.5%21 / 182
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.67
top 20.4%34 / 155
3×3 blindfolded1:56.142:37.38
top 32.3%30 / 129
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:04—
early days — 2 solves23 / 50

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

Colombia MetodoGenius 2011: 14.47IV Bogota 2012: 9.53Colombia Nationals 2012: 12.34Campeonato Profecía 2012: 10.86III Torneo Nacional de Speedcubing Colombia 2013: 10.80Guildford Open 2013: 9.33Torneo Speedcubing Medellin 2013: 9.91Torneo Profecia II 2013: 10.85Torneo Cali 2014: 8.94San Luis Gonzaga 2014: 9.27Speedcubing Los Alpes 2014: 9.09Colombia Nationals 2014: 10.06Nacionales Aquarela SpeedCubing 2015: 9.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 9.35Torneo Salitre Plaza 2015: 7.40Palmetto Plaza 2016: 7.96Torneo Nacional Colombia 2016: 8.18Torneo Cosmocentro 2016: 7.50Torneo SpeedCubing Centro Suba II 2016: 9.46GeniusCube 2016: 8.50Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017: 7.41Mirá Ve 2017: 8.59Cali Cube 2018: 8.62CUDES Cali 2020: 8.78Bibliopen II Cali 2022: 9.47NxN Cali 2024: 9.43Edén Bogotá 2024: 8.76Villa del Rio al Cubo Bogotá 2024: 8.81Yumbo Univalle 2024: 8.28Avenida Chile XIV 2024: 7.76Único Yumbo 2024: 8.83Único Cali 2024: 7.93Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 8.09Bogotá No Duerme 2024: 9.00Avenida Chile XVIII 2024: 5.95Avenida Chile XX 2025: 7.01La Estacion Cali 2025: 8.89Chipichape al Cubo 2025: 8.47Megalovers Bogotá 2025: 7.32Cubing Comicfest Cali 2025: 9.17Bima al Cubo Bogotá 2025: 8.01MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 8.31Nova Plaza Facatativá III 2025: 7.31Bima al Cubo II Bogotá 2025: 7.29Chipichape al Cubo II 2026: 7.73WCA South American Championship 2026: 7.015.9514.4728 May 201112 Jun 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.