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Daniel Ortega

3×3 · top 66.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011ORTE01

Daniel Ortega has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.22, set at Caltech Fall 2011, puts him in the top 66.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39,804th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2011, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.59 in February 2011 to 32.22, a 24% improvement. Daniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 66.3% of 284,439 all-time
32.22
signature single · Caltech Fall 2011
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×332.2239.92
top 66.3%39,804 / 59,724
Square-11:06.18
top 87.2%5,870 / 6,743
4×42:46.21
top 94.7%18,182 / 19,072
2×220.6729.88
top 96.0%39,734 / 40,951

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

Caltech Winter 2011: 42.59Caltech Fall 2011: 32.22Diamond Bar Open 2012: 38.3032.2242.5912 Feb 201114 Oct 2012

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Square-1 single — 21,140 people have one; it is 6.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.