I know the password, but I forgot my admin name

I am 100% sure about the password. I can change the password (which requires the old password, and if I can change it, then the password is accurate) but I don't know the admin name. Before i installed the Mavericks update, the name was automatically there when I was applying changes that required authorization, but now it doesn't appear, and I can't do nothing. When I go to Users & Groups on System Preferences, on the left sidebar there's just two usernames. pedro (standard) and Guest User. I tried everything on the admin name. pedro, root, admin, apple, and I don't know what to do. Please, help.

Is pedro an standard account or an admin account?

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