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Daniel Garcia

2×2 · top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013GARC01

Daniel Garcia has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Indiana 2013, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,280th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2013, he has put 107 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.80 in January 2013 to 2.44, a 79% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.44
signature single · Indiana 2013
107
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.444.80
top 8.3%3,280 / 40,951
3×313.2717.53
top 18.4%9,847 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.4615.08
top 23.5%6,372 / 28,708
4×41:26.771:43.42
top 61.2%10,684 / 19,072
Megaminx3:41.06
early days — 2 solves6,901 / 7,841

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

Dixon Winter 2013: 11.80UIUC Spring 2013: 5.66Dixon Summer 2013: 3.09Indiana 2013: 2.44Hillsdale Fall 2013: 3.73Dixon Spring 2014: 3.13CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 3.842.4411.8019 Jan 20137 Jul 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.