People · El Salvador
Fernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017CAST49
Fernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.33, set at Acton Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in El Salvador. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2017, he has put 406 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.96 in October 2017 to 7.33, a 39% improvement. Fernando has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.33 | 9.24 | top 1.7% | 3 / 351 | |
| 4×4 | 33.36 | 35.85 | top 5.3% | 3 / 100 | |
| Megaminx | 50.54 | 57.49 | top 5.3% | 1 / 35 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.19 | 17.77 | top 6.5% | 2 / 98 | |
| Skewb | 3.82 | 6.94 | top 9.7% | 7 / 73 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.95 | 1:16.01 | top 10.2% | 2 / 58 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 3.90 | top 12.3% | 24 / 248 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.09 | 8.09 | top 20.7% | 26 / 161 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | top 30.0% | 3 / 16 | |
| Square-1 | 24.73 | 31.97 | top 38.6% | 5 / 20 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.30 | 4:41.10 | early days — 3 solves | 8 / 16 |
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
- 2 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Acton Cubing 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at El CUBO Tour Zacamil 2022.
- 14 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022.
- 27 Nov 2021Three personal bests in one day at Happy Cubing Acton Fall 2021.
- 27 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Santa Ana Open 2018.
Competitions
- Nacionales El Salvador 2023 · 11 Aug 2023
- Liceo Salvadoreño Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Acton Cubing 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- El CUBO Tour Zacamil 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- El Palmar Cubing Fest 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Cubing Acton Fall 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing Acton 2021 · 27 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing El Salvador 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Americas 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
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.
- José Enrique Jiménez — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Joel Hernández — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.