People · Brazil
Daniel dos Passos de Castro
Skewb · top 5.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024CAST08
Daniel dos Passos de Castro has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.10, set at Saideira das Férias Araruama 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Brazil. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2024, he has put 175 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.59 in February 2024 to 15.80, a 53% improvement. Daniel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.10 | 7.76 | top 5.5% | 62 / 1,463 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.58 | 9.30 | top 16.9% | 398 / 3,208 | |
| 3×3 | 15.80 | 18.87 | top 27.1% | 1,606 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 4.28 | 5.18 | top 30.1% | 1,109 / 5,137 | |
| Clock | 12.09 | 18.68 | top 35.4% | 222 / 723 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.74 | 2:02.46 | top 35.6% | 285 / 1,062 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.09 | 1:57.94 | top 66.6% | 1,050 / 1,855 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Araruama Cubing 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.83 at Sant'Anna Open Araruama 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sant'Anna Open Araruama 2025.
- 31 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Saideira das Férias Araruama 2025.
- 18 May 2024First sub-30 3×3: 22.94 at Araruama ao Cubo 2024.
- 18 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Araruama ao Cubo 2024.
Competitions
- Araruama Cubing 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Sant'Anna Open Araruama 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Saideira das Férias Araruama 2025 · 31 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Araruama ao Cubo 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Araruama Open 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
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.
- Mariana Castro — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaique de Oliveira Neves — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carlos Augusto Gianesi Seller — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.