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Daniel Josue Maradiaga
Clock · top 2.8% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023MARA16
Daniel Josue Maradiaga has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.24, set at Miami Skewbed 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2023, he has put 275 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.28 in December 2023 to 10.06, a 34% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.24 | 5.95 | top 2.8% | 236 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.26 | top 6.5% | 2,588 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.82 | top 7.6% | 4,193 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.25 | 7.81 | top 20.1% | 3,207 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.75 | 7.71 | top 25.8% | 7,079 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 21.01 | 24.77 | top 30.3% | 1,958 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.88 | 30.56 | top 33.9% | 4,462 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.77 | 1:55.01 | top 39.1% | 2,817 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.19 | 1:13.05 | top 46.1% | 7,658 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,205 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:38.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,621 / 4,196 |
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
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Miami Skewbed 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at Beat the Clock Westminster 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Beat the Clock Westminster 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: Cubing Knights V 2023. A 15.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Miami Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beat the Clock Westminster 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights V 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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.
- Kellan Butler — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jacob Lam — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jackson Lewis — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.