People · Mexico
José Daniel De La Cruz García
Megaminx · top 4.3% of 34,786 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025GARC08
José Daniel De La Cruz García has been competing for a year. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 48.14, set at Nawi Tlaxcala 2026, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Mexico. Until October 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 197 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Megaminx best has come down from 1:57.76 in March 2025 to 48.14, a 59% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 48.14 | 48.90 | top 4.3% | 37 / 1,042 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.29 | 19.39 | top 6.7% | 118 / 1,672 | |
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 11.20 | top 7.7% | 404 / 4,263 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 3.71 | top 11.4% | 428 / 3,018 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 6.71 | top 16.4% | 250 / 1,157 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.99 | 1:21.62 | top 17.5% | 195 / 1,010 | |
| 4×4 | 48.16 | 53.51 | top 22.3% | 492 / 1,845 | |
| 7×7 | 5:17.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 256 / 472 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.38 | 18.06 | top 83.2% | 1,739 / 2,003 |
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, Megaminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at SMA Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Coacalcubo 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First competition: Mega-Mente Puebla 2025.
Competitions
- Nawi Tlaxcala 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing BUAP 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naucalli Ce 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SMA Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Coacalcubo 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mega-Mente Puebla 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
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.
- Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- William Gael Contreras González — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 8.14 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.