People · Spain
Daniel Ruiz Tapia
3×3 · top 10.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025TAPI12
Daniel Ruiz Tapia has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.95, set at Parla Open 2026, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 412th in Spain. Across 8 competitions since November 2025, he has put 155 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.38 in November 2025 to 10.95, a 24% improvement. Daniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.95 | 14.53 | top 10.3% | 412 / 5,141 | |
| Skewb | 4.39 | 7.36 | top 13.7% | 341 / 1,685 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.96 | top 23.2% | 875 / 3,845 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.52 | 1:18.27 | top 43.5% | 660 / 1,762 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Parla Open 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First competition: Madrid Norte Open 2025. A 16.69 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.38 at Madrid Norte Open 2025.
Competitions
- Parla Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mirasierra Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cervantes Cubea Alcalá 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Las Tablas Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Velilla Open 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Alcobendas Virgen de la Paz Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tarancón Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Madrid Norte Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Eduardo Lucas Muñoz de Lucas — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Miguel Ángel Meza — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Manuel Prieto de Antón — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.