People · United States
Dan Niv
3×3 · top 32.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025NIVD01
Dan Niv has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.34, set at Cape May Summer A 2026, puts him in the top 32.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,755th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2025, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.65 in August 2025 to 17.34, a 42% improvement. Dan 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 | 17.34 | 20.35 | top 32.1% | 17,755 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.45 | 10.99 | top 44.6% | 7,862 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.07 | 11.94 | top 53.5% | 15,620 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.82 | 12.37 | top 58.9% | 24,160 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,180 / 15,683 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.34 at Cape May Summer A 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cape May Summer A 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025First competition: Cubing in the Ocean County 2025. A 29.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cape May Summer A 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
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.
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gavin Gruppuso — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shaun Mack — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.34 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.