People · Costa Rica
Daniel Sibaja Salazar
Skewb · top 3.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017SALA22
Daniel Sibaja Salazar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at Score Cube Day 2020, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Costa Rica. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2017, he has put 699 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.91 in September 2017 to 8.51, a 29% improvement. Daniel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.61 | 4.61 | top 3.3% | 6 / 133 | |
| 3×3 | 8.51 | 10.44 | top 3.8% | 18 / 367 | |
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 2.90 | top 4.5% | 13 / 307 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.92 | 8.73 | top 7.3% | 19 / 225 | |
| 4×4 | 38.51 | 47.44 | top 10.3% | 20 / 130 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.95 | 25.71 | top 14.9% | 27 / 135 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.48 | 1:30.25 | top 17.7% | 22 / 82 | |
| Clock | 8.59 | 9.90 | top 17.9% | 6 / 19 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.21 | 1:30.53 | top 19.3% | 20 / 75 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.62 | 3:58.80 | top 53.8% | 23 / 30 | |
| Square-1 | 33.17 | 40.32 | top 55.4% | 27 / 52 | |
| 7×7 | 6:08.90 | — | early days — 1 solve | 20 / 22 |
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
- 27 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Bekubes Gold 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Bekubes Gold 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at Costa Rica Nationals 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Five personal bests in one day at Bekubes Open 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017First competition: Bekubes Costa Rica 2017. A 13.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Tibas 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Gravilias Open 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023
- Grace Cubing Cedros 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Universal San Jose 2022 · 6 Nov 2022
- Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022 · 28 May 2022
- Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Score Cube Day 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Grecia Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Heredia 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bekubes Gold 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Nationals 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Bekubes Costa Rica 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 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.
- Dagne Poveda — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Kyle McDonald Trejos — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.