People · United States
Dan Dzoan
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006DZOA03
Dan Dzoan has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.33, set at Stanford Fall competition 2009, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 603rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since January 2006, he has put 1,997 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.43 in January 2006 to 8.38, a 64% improvement. Dan has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.33 | 5.31 | top 1.5% | 603 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.38 | 11.13 | top 3.5% | 1,981 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 35.29 | 41.19 | top 7.0% | 1,078 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.06 | 19.91 | top 8.2% | 1,099 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 13.23 | top 14.4% | 3,762 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | — | top 20.4% | 446 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:25.46 | 2:06.76 | top 21.5% | 439 / 2,092 | |
| Square-1 | 20.99 | 28.95 | top 30.2% | 1,956 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.24 | 1:50.93 | top 33.3% | 2,638 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.61 | 2:27.06 | top 51.5% | 3,855 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 6:45.23 | 7:21.42 | top 77.5% | 2,417 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 5:05.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,315 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 1 of 2 cubes · 9:02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 682 / 731 |
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
- 21 Nov 2009Five personal bests in one day at Stanford Fall competition 2009.
- 19 Sep 2009First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Boulder 2009.
- 19 Sep 2009Three personal bests in one day at Boulder 2009.
- 25 Apr 2009Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Spring competition 2009.
- 20 Sep 2008Five personal bests in one day at Boulder 2008.
- 19 Jul 2008Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals and Open 2008.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015
- BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014 · 2 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Autumn 2012 · 17 Nov 2012
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012
- Berkeley Fall 2011 · 3 Dec 2011
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011
- Vidar Open 2011 · 17 Apr 2011
- Berkeley Winter 2011 · 12 Feb 2011
- Berkeley Fall 2010 · 24 Oct 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2010 · 11 Jul 2010
- Stanford Spring 2010 · 23 May 2010
- Berkeley Spring 2010 · 25 Apr 2010
- Reno Lake Tahoe Winter 2010 · 27 Feb 2010 — 1 personal best set
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2010 · 13 Feb 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Cubing Fall Open 2009 · 12 Dec 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Stanford Fall competition 2009 · 21 Nov 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall competition 2009 · 14 Nov 2009
- Dutch Open 2009 · 17 Oct 2009 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Boulder 2009 · 19 Sep 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer competition 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2009 · 25 Apr 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Open 2009 · 11 Apr 2009 — 1 personal best set
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2009 · 14 Feb 2009
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2008 · 15 Nov 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Boulder 2008 · 20 Sep 2008 — 5 personal bests set
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Summer competition 2008 · 12 Jul 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Open 2008 · 17 May 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2008 · 26 Apr 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Discovery Science Center competition 2008 · 19 Apr 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- EPGY California Open 2008 · 16 Feb 2008 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD competition 2008 · 27 Jan 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall competition 2007 · 17 Nov 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Summer competition 2007 · 25 Aug 2007 — 1 personal best set
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007 — 4 personal bests set
- San Diego competition 2007 · 26 May 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007 · 5 May 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2007 · 14 Apr 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006 · 18 Nov 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2006 · 11 Nov 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego competition 2006 · 27 May 2006 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Spring competition 2006 · 15 Apr 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter competition 2006 · 14 Jan 2006
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.
- Lucas Garron — met in 242 rounds, finished ahead 141 times
- Jeremy Fleischman — met in 232 rounds, finished ahead 153 times
- Leyan Lo — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 103 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.