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Daichi Halphen

Pyraminx · top 0.51% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019HALP02

Daichi Halphen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Morrow Mixup Mania 2026, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in the United States. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since December 2019, he has put 942 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.43 in December 2019 to 7.88, a 41% improvement. Daichi has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.51% of 129,321 all-time
1.57
signature single · Morrow Mixup Mania 2026
942
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.573.43
top 0.51%161 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves22.00
top 1.0%28 / 2,040
2×21.452.43
top 1.9%778 / 40,951
3×37.8810.45
top 2.6%1,495 / 59,724
4×433.6938.55
top 5.5%845 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed13.7519.20
top 5.7%787 / 15,683
Clock5.576.63
top 5.9%456 / 8,927
5×51:02.311:12.30
top 6.8%545 / 9,401
6×62:01.282:07.89
top 11.5%409 / 4,196
Skewb4.326.02
top 13.1%2,037 / 18,907
Megaminx1:05.971:14.06
top 13.3%909 / 7,841
7×73:16.803:29.28
top 15.3%430 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:15.47—
top 18.0%345 / 2,092
Square-115.7820.75
top 18.2%1,231 / 6,743
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 51:38—
top 47.0%359 / 731
4×4 blindfolded8:40.73—
early days — 2 solves199 / 440

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

Keep Portland Weird 2019: 13.43PDX Cubing for Causes 2020: 10.91Ohio State Fall 2024: 11.03Ohio State Winter 2025: 11.09NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 7.88Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025: 9.57Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025: 8.95Prebleminxing 2025: 9.19Ohio State Fall 2025: 10.20Kids America Christmas Clash OH 2025: 10.89Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025: 9.19Ohio State Winter 2026: 9.54Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 10.20Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 9.427.8813.4314 Dec 201915 Mar 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.