People · Peru
Daniel Raul Alarcon Espinoza
Pyraminx · top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ESPI04
Daniel Raul Alarcon Espinoza has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Peru Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Peru. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2017, he has put 390 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.01 in March 2017 to 3.00, a 50% 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 | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.00 | 4.29 | top 3.6% | 55 / 1,366 | |
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 12.21 | top 6.4% | 276 / 4,344 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 4.33 | top 9.3% | 260 / 2,419 | |
| Skewb | 5.00 | 8.18 | top 18.1% | 127 / 495 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.85 | 38.97 | top 33.8% | 404 / 812 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.19 | 1:42.21 | top 34.0% | 170 / 329 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.19 | 1:05.49 | top 36.7% | 470 / 844 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 318 / 372 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Open PUCP 2024.
- 29 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Peru Nationals 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at FIGHT Peru 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Last Cubing Lima 2017.
- 24 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Crazy Cubes Spring 2017.
- 20 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.12 at Rubik Junin 2017.
Competitions
- Open PUCP 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Peru Nationals 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Copa Black Horse 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Aventura Cúbica VII 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Peru Nationals 2018 · 29 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Torneo Activa Club 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- FIGHT Peru 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Aventura Cúbica V 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Last Cubing Lima 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Crazy Cubes Spring 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik Junin 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Lima 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik Pro 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Activa Club Rubik 2017 · 11 Mar 2017
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.
- Piero Alessandro Laguna Obregon — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Cesar Paolo Vargas Davila — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Sergio Minaya Pimentel — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.