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Denniel Santos

3×3 · top 0.45% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018SANT46

Denniel Santos has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.94, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,094th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 65 competitions since July 2018, he has put 2,847 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.09 in July 2018 to 5.94, a 67% improvement. Denniel has entered 65 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.45% of 284,439 all-time
5.94
signature single · DFW Cubing Winter 2026
2,847
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.948.49
top 0.45%1,094 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.654.30
top 2.6%3,375 / 28,708
2×21.913.42
top 4.2%2,793 / 40,951
Clock4.996.30
top 4.4%0 / 8,927
Skewb3.015.79
top 5.0%3,269 / 18,907
4×434.4141.24
top 6.2%2,195 / 19,072
Square-110.8816.83
top 7.8%998 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed15.4019.72
top 8.9%3,338 / 15,683
Megaminx1:10.141:20.77
top 15.7%0 / 7,841
5×51:18.731:25.95
top 18.1%1,782 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves42.33
top 26.7%0 / 2,040
6×62:55.023:08.76
top 38.6%0 / 4,196
7×75:26.045:56.23
top 58.6%0 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded9:11.16—
early days — 1 solve0 / 2,092

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

DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018: 18.09DFW Cubing Fiesta August 2018: 17.87Oklahoma Fall 2018: 13.91DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 14.76Respect Kansas 2018: 11.68Trinity Valley Open 2018: 15.44Longhorn Fall 2018: 12.56Dallas Winter 2018: 11.01Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019: 10.78Trinity Valley Open Spring 2019: 9.77Ready For Summer Frisco 2019: 10.53CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019: 9.71North Dallas 2019: 10.51Dallas Warm Up 2019: 9.06Austin Summer 2019: 10.53Back to School DFW 2019: 10.30Oklahoma Fall 2019: 9.93345 Cube Day Allen 2019: 9.89Austin Fall 2019: 9.49Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020: 10.27Trinity Valley Spring 2020: 9.84Oklahoma Fall PM 2021: 8.21DFW Cubing Spring 2022: 8.64DFW Cubing Summer 2022: 7.53DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 8.41CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 7.76Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 8.61DFW Cubing Winter 2023: 8.42DFW Cubing Spring 2023: 8.57CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 7.68CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 9.06DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 8.05Cube With Attention in Denton 2023: 8.46Longhorn Cube Day 2023: 7.98DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 8.01DFW Megacomp 2024: 8.32DFW Minicomp B 2024: 9.09DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 8.25CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 8.73DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 8.24Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025: 7.97DFW Cubing Spring 2025: 7.39DFW Cubing Summer 2025: 8.21Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.91Cube More in Ardmore 2025: 8.02DFW Back to School 2025: 8.56DFW Cubing Winter 2026: 5.94DFW Favorites 2026: 7.44The Heart of Texas Spring 2026: 7.44DFW Cubing Spring 2026: 7.93Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026: 6.21Oklahoma Championship 2026: 8.33Georgetown Favorite Event Day 2026: 7.67GAN Southern Championship 2026: 7.16Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.48Hillister Cube Hustle 2026: 7.36New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026: 7.92DFW Cubing Summer 2026: 7.395.9418.0921 Jul 201829 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.