People · Brazil
Daniel Macedo Araújo dos Santos
2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SANT62
Daniel Macedo Araújo dos Santos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at II Cubo de Barro ES 2025, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 288th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2023, he has put 341 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.90 in July 2023 to 14.37, a 67% improvement. Daniel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 4.31 | top 8.9% | 288 / 5,137 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.41 | 10.81 | top 15.8% | 375 / 3,208 | |
| 3×3 | 14.37 | 17.85 | top 22.3% | 1,277 / 9,644 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.49 | 41.17 | top 52.3% | 840 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.81 | 1:46.46 | top 68.5% | 1,084 / 1,855 | |
| Skewb | 15.52 | 21.70 | top 79.9% | 1,068 / 1,463 | |
| Megaminx | 3:58.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 913 / 1,062 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at III Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2026.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.39 at Samuel Asafe 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 23.33 at Colatina Agil Open 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Colatina Agil Open 2024.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: Capixaba Challenge 2023. A 42.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- III Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sudestão ABRACM 2025 · 21 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- II Nova Carapina Challenge 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Montserrat Open Serra 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- II Cubo de Barro ES 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- II Capixaba Challenge 2025 · 5 Jul 2025
- II Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2025 · 17 May 2025
- II Colatina Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nova Carapina Challenge 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Vitória Challenge 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Samuel Asafe 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colatina Agil Open 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Kube Kids Vila Velha 2023 · 8 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Capixaba Challenge 2023 · 15 Jul 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.
- Luiz Henrique Gaspar Peters — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Isaac Rafael Oliveira Soares — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Victor Farles Cavalcante Alves — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.