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Daniel De Vera
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009VERA01
Daniel De Vera has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.17, set at USC Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,757th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2009, he has put 358 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.83 in May 2009 to 8.17, a 54% improvement. Daniel has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.17 | 10.37 | top 3.1% | 1,757 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 37.72 | 41.55 | top 9.5% | 1,418 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.74 | 20.79 | top 9.6% | 1,279 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.59 | 6.90 | top 46.4% | 18,766 / 40,951 |
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
- 26 Jul 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 26 Jul 2013Three personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 13 Nov 2010First sub-15 3×3: 12.47 at Caltech Fall 2010.
- 13 Nov 2010Four personal bests in one day at Caltech Fall 2010.
- 16 May 2009First competition: Discovery Science Center competition 2009. A 17.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2014 · 9 Aug 2014
- Caltech Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Nisei Week Open 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Discovery Science Center competition 2010 · 22 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Discovery Science Center competition 2009 · 16 May 2009 — 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.
- Michael Young — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Max Park — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Samuel Chiu — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.