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Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez

Pyraminx · top 2.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017RODR53

Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at Mexican Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Costa Rica. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,612 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.56 in September 2017 to 8.01, a 36% improvement. Jose has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.5% of 130,891 all-time
2.61
signature single · Mexican Championship 2025
1,612
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCosta Rica
Pyraminx2.617.20
top 2.5%8 / 229
3×38.0111.20
top 2.8%14 / 374
Square-18.3711.32
top 3.5%1 / 55
2×22.244.09
top 6.6%20 / 312
Skewb3.696.00
top 8.9%12 / 135
4×442.0450.97
top 14.6%29 / 132
3×3 one-handed20.2925.42
top 21.3%34 / 137
Megaminx1:19.951:23.19
top 21.8%27 / 85
5×51:25.551:35.16
top 23.9%29 / 77
Clock11.7013.83
top 33.4%10 / 22
6×63:30.303:55.94
top 54.9%25 / 30
7×75:19.94—
early days — 3 solves19 / 23
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 3 solves9 / 15

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

Bekubes Costa Rica 2017: 12.56Bekubes Open 2018: 13.68Nacionales Guatemala 2018: 14.86Costa Rica Nationals 2018: 12.25Cubing Chiriquí 2018: 11.98Bekubes Gold 2019: 13.08Cubing Heredia 2019: 12.51Grecia Open 2019: 15.19San Pedro Open 2019: 13.82Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019: 14.71Cubing Chiriquí 2019: 11.74Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022: 12.69Boquete Big Cubes 2022: 14.23VID Cubing 2022: 12.97Panama Nationals 2022: 13.70Retro Mall San Pedro 2023: 14.36You Better Belize It 2023: 12.38VID Cubing 2023: 14.29Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023: 13.70Infinity Play Heredia 2023: 15.09Grace Cubing Cedros 2023: 15.55Costa Rican Championship 2023: 15.84VID Cubing Hatillo 2024: 15.09Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2024: 11.28Conta Cubes Cartago 2025: 12.37Gravilias Open 2025: 13.66UH Cube Day Tibas 2025: 15.03UH Cubing San José 2025: 13.78Costa Rica Nationals 2025: 10.92Mexican Championship 2025: 10.96Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026: 14.68Cubing Tibas 2026: 11.70WCA South American Championship 2026: 11.50Cubithon San José 2026: 9.67Cube Days at SEK 2026: 8.018.0115.849 Sep 201726 Sep 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.