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Daniel Martinez

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MART41

Daniel Martinez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Three Seconds Snakes 2018, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,481st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 72 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.71 in April 2017 to 8.82, a 53% improvement. Daniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.82
signature single · Three Seconds Snakes 2018
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8212.80
top 4.5%2,481 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.766.37
top 11.7%3,043 / 28,708
2×23.024.89
top 14.5%5,677 / 40,951
4×441.9848.20
top 14.5%2,164 / 19,072
5×51:57.672:09.16
top 47.8%3,988 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed33.1138.01
top 53.6%7,422 / 15,683
Square-11:10.06
early days — 2 solves6,007 / 6,743

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

Cat and Mouse 2017: 18.71Bulldog Cubing 2017: 12.67Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 8.828.8218.7129 Apr 201728 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

  • Max Lau — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • CJ Sheng — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Simon Kellum — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.