People · United States
Daniel Sebastian Cortes
3×3 · top 22.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024CORT19
Daniel Sebastian Cortes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.34, set at Great Peconic Bay 2025, puts him in the top 22.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,974th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2024, he has put 131 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.52 in October 2024 to 14.34, a 27% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.34 | 16.24 | top 22.2% | 11,974 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 4.49 | top 23.6% | 9,256 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.95 | 9.74 | top 27.5% | 7,541 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 13.48 | 21.31 | top 41.7% | 3,333 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.59 | 1:39.52 | top 55.6% | 9,526 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.16 | 41.64 | top 59.4% | 8,319 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 10.84 | 11.46 | top 59.9% | 10,998 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:51.98 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,480 / 7,841 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Great Peconic Bay 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Great Peconic Bay 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kisco Cubing 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: M Moves in Middlebury 2024. A 19.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Connecticut Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow Open PM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- Kisco Cubing 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- M Moves in Middlebury 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
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.
- Eli Rogers — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kavin Prince — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.34 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.