People · United States
Alon Danai
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021DANA02
Alon Danai has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at Princeton Spring 2022, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,563rd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2021, he has put 135 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Alon has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 11.27 | top 6.4% | 3,563 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.51 | 27.11 | top 19.3% | 2,507 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 512 / 2,059 | |
| 2×2 | 3.92 | 4.47 | top 25.5% | 10,165 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 7.22 | 14.94 | top 35.5% | 6,088 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.40 | 9.83 | top 39.7% | 11,531 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.53 | — | top 43.5% | 7,273 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.53 | 2:03.45 | top 49.1% | 4,181 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,612 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 6:59.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,560 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 5:20.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,526 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 1:12.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,156 / 6,846 |
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 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2022.
- 16 Jan 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Empire State Winter B 2022.
- 16 Jan 2022Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Winter B 2022.
- 20 Nov 2021First competition: Pittsburgh Fall 2021. A 10.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter B 2022 · 16 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kyle Meade — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carter Williams — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 4.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.