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Daniel Waldo

3×3 one-handed · top 2.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012WALD01

Daniel Waldo has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.47, set at Ágora Izcalli 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Mexico. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since March 2012, he has put 1,272 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.77 in March 2012 to 8.88, a 70% improvement. Daniel has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.4% of 73,695 all-time
11.47
signature single · Ágora Izcalli 2025
1,272
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×3 one-handed11.4714.20
top 2.4%40 / 1,672
2×21.923.51
top 4.2%149 / 3,018
3×38.8810.30
top 4.6%235 / 4,263
Megaminx51.6357.30
top 5.8%60 / 1,042
4×435.4640.73
top 7.1%150 / 1,845
Pyraminx4.397.09
top 9.6%248 / 2,003
5×51:10.821:16.51
top 12.2%134 / 1,010
Skewb5.897.47
top 24.9%364 / 1,157
Square-119.5625.93
top 27.0%118 / 516
7×73:49.414:01.11
top 27.0%128 / 472
6×62:45.492:51.66
top 33.7%177 / 510
Clock13.6017.05
top 42.2%295 / 652
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves47.00
top 51.8%136 / 317
3×3 blindfolded4:09.75—
top 70.4%147 / 251

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

Kuikuiltik 2012: 29.77Fénix 2014: 11.77SIGI 2014: 12.34Aguascalientes Summer 2014: 9.92Demente Querétaro Open 2014: 12.73Clásico 2015: 9.47Gotirubik Fest 2016: 8.96Rubik Expomagyc 2016: 9.32Metro Cubing Fest 2016: 9.67Tlaxcala Open 2016: 9.10NxN México 2017: 9.70Weas México 2017: 8.88Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018: 8.88Mexican Championship 2018: 10.42Aragón Treasure 2024: 9.12Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025: 9.85CETis 156 Broncos 2025: 9.24Ágora Izcalli 2025: 9.07SMA Open 2025: 9.05Cubing Express Buenavista 2025: 8.97Puerta Victoria 2025: 11.078.8829.7731 Mar 20124 Oct 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.