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Daniel Rodríguez Espinosa

7×7 · top 4.9% of 14,226 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017ESPI14

Daniel Rodríguez Espinosa has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:36.51, set at CC El Muelle Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Spain. Until May 2015, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2017, he has put 263 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.91 in June 2017 to 11.01, a 35% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

7×7
best event — top 4.9% of 14,226 all-time
2:36.51
signature single · CC El Muelle Open 2019
263
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
7×72:36.512:43.32
top 4.9%8 / 260
5×51:00.281:08.00
top 5.6%34 / 863
4×434.0040.43
top 5.8%83 / 1,762
6×61:47.851:56.89
top 6.4%12 / 316
3×311.0113.96
top 10.5%422 / 5,141
2×23.355.80
top 18.4%707 / 3,845
Skewb5.7110.63
top 23.5%506 / 1,685
3×3 one-handed25.4334.73
top 35.3%393 / 1,315
Megaminx1:57.942:04.36
top 44.6%317 / 874

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

IPM Open 2017: 16.91CC El Muelle Rubik Open 2017: 11.74Les Franqueses Open 2019: 13.21CC El Muelle Open 2019: 11.01UPM Open 2019: 12.7511.0116.913 Jun 201721 Sep 2019

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-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 36.51 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.