People · Spain
Darío Montalvo Ureña
Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015UREN01
Darío Montalvo Ureña has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at Fuengirola Cubea 2018, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2015, he has put 1,016 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.05 in October 2015 to 9.28, a 74% improvement. He has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.26 | 7.74 | top 4.5% | 144 / 2,865 | |
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 3.51 | top 4.8% | 198 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 | 9.28 | 11.69 | top 5.5% | 223 / 5,141 | |
| Skewb | 4.53 | 6.90 | top 14.7% | 361 / 1,685 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.81 | 33.58 | top 22.7% | 247 / 1,315 | |
| 4×4 | 51.40 | 57.17 | top 26.4% | 359 / 1,762 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.70 | 1:52.11 | top 36.2% | 244 / 874 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.72 | 2:02.42 | top 43.1% | 296 / 863 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 46.67 | top 59.0% | 158 / 282 | |
| Square-1 | 45.88 | 59.10 | top 72.0% | 381 / 604 | |
| 6×6 | 5:22.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 264 / 316 | |
| Clock | 35.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 770 / 876 |
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
- 16 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fuengirola Cubea 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Fuengirola Cubea 2018.
- 19 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at WCA European Championship 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017Five personal bests in one day at Mijas Open 2017.
- 13 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2017.
- 1 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at Quijote Open 2017.
Competitions
- Chanquete Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ronda Open 2022 · 5 Mar 2022
- Fuengirola Cubea 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2019 · 11 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- IndalOpen 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Murcia 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chanquete Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuengirola Cubea 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Riberas del Guadaíra 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chanquete Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- Altasierra 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Mijas Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2017 · 13 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Quijote Open 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Murcia 10th Anniversary 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Altasierra 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Alcalá la Real 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Mijas Open 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2016 · 7 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Mijas Open 2015 · 22 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2015 · 9 Oct 2015
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.
- Jorge Martín Espinosa — met in 193 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez — met in 177 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Rafael Rodriguez Santana — met in 172 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.