People · Mexico
Daniel Rivas
Clock · top 7.7% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014RIVA02
Daniel Rivas has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.15, set at Macro Monterrey 2022, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Mexico. Until July 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since March 2014, he has put 1,069 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.08 in March 2014 to 2.84, a 30% improvement. Daniel has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.15 | 8.02 | top 7.7% | 59 / 652 | |
| 3×3 | 10.92 | 14.30 | top 10.2% | 555 / 4,263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.13 | 20.77 | top 10.5% | 178 / 1,672 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.51 | top 12.4% | 482 / 3,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.94 | 8.46 | top 12.8% | 319 / 2,003 | |
| Skewb | 4.91 | 11.99 | top 17.4% | 270 / 1,157 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.49 | 1:09.08 | top 38.1% | 844 / 1,845 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.85 | 2:18.00 | top 49.2% | 554 / 1,010 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | top 71.5% | 203 / 317 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.15 | — | top 72.4% | 774 / 1,042 | |
| 6×6 | 5:12.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 436 / 510 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:23.15 | — | top 88.8% | 215 / 251 | |
| 7×7 | 8:46.50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 436 / 472 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cool Toons Guadalajara 2017.
- 28 Aug 2015Six personal bests in one day at Aguascalientes Summer 2015.
- 15 Jul 2015Four personal bests in one day at CUCEI Open 2015.
- 18 Apr 2015Six personal bests in one day at FNSM Open 2015.
- 13 Dec 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.47 at CUCEI Championship 2014.
- 13 Dec 2014Five personal bests in one day at CUCEI Championship 2014.
Competitions
- Tlajopen 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Minerva Zapopan 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Minerva Zapopan 2025 · 1 Aug 2025
- Aguascalientes Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Zapopan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Macro Monterrey 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Zacatecas 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- Beyond Zacatecas 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tunas Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Metropolitano Monterrey 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
- ArCubingFest Queretaro 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tonallan Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
- Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018 · 30 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tunas Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik Zamora 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Cool Toons Guadalajara 2017 · 21 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik Zacatecas 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Aguascalientes Summer 2016 · 22 Jul 2016
- Argentum Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Aguascalientes Summer 2015 · 28 Aug 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- CUCEI Open 2015 · 15 Jul 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- FNSM Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- CUCEI Championship 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Demente Querétaro Open 2014 · 31 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Aguascalientes Summer 2014 · 26 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Fénix 2014 · 29 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Luis Sinhue Medina Salas — met in 205 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Daniel Guardado Cabral — met in 147 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Stephano Saucedo Reyes — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.