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Daniel Tarifa

2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016TARI02

Daniel Tarifa has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Univalle Spring 2017, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Bolivia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since November 2016, he has put 575 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.35 in November 2016 to 10.20, a 38% improvement. Daniel has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.12
signature single · Univalle Spring 2017
575
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBolivia
2×22.125.23
top 5.6%58 / 1,269
3×310.2011.41
top 8.0%122 / 2,776
4×441.7549.67
top 14.2%71 / 504
3×3 blindfolded1:07.681:18.25
top 15.5%6 / 48
3×3 one-handed21.2525.53
top 23.9%101 / 425
Square-120.9726.98
top 30.1%27 / 83
5×51:37.431:41.29
top 33.4%79 / 220
Megaminx1:39.541:47.82
top 34.3%79 / 240
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 16:38
early days — 3 solves7 / 19
6×63:09.493:17.76
top 45.4%43 / 84
Skewb8.6112.66
top 45.8%111 / 257
7×74:51.015:15.72
top 48.0%36 / 70
Pyraminx9.4210.12
top 48.4%370 / 938
4×4 blindfolded13:02.00
early days — 3 solves6 / 7
Clock24.0829.72
top 74.9%81 / 109

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

Open Your Mind 2016: 16.35CatoRubik 2017: 14.88L.P. 3600 Rubik 2017: 15.12Copa Rubik Simon I. Patiño 2017: 14.41Latin America Cubing Tour - Cochabamba 2017: 14.42Univalle Spring 2017: 11.67Metal Rubik Core 2017: 12.90Ekeko Rubik 2018: 12.23LP Cube Battle 2018: 12.86Sky Cube La Paz 2018: 11.22San Rafael Summer 2019: 12.13Oruro al Cubo 2019: 10.76La Paz Cube Day 2019: 11.70Unifranz Cubing La Paz 2019: 10.71La Paz Survivors 2022: 12.36Ten Krazy Years CBBA 2025: 10.2010.2016.3526 Nov 201623 Mar 2025

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.