People · United States
Dan Pietz
3×3 · top 8.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015PIET01
Dan Pietz has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.42, set at Wiscube 2019, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,872nd in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2015, he has put 334 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.66 in May 2015 to 10.42, a 62% improvement. Dan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.42 | 12.25 | top 8.8% | 4,872 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.34 | 11.04 | top 13.3% | 2,095 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.26 | top 15.4% | 6,091 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.25 | 9.73 | top 21.9% | 5,953 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.59 | 1:32.43 | top 26.7% | 1,880 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 53.22 | 1:02.41 | top 28.7% | 4,518 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.09 | 2:15.40 | top 48.8% | 4,154 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.98 | 36.58 | top 53.4% | 7,495 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.73 | — | top 84.2% | 5,717 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 5:25.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,581 / 4,262 |
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 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Wiscube 2019.
- 24 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at Albany Winter 2019.
- 16 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at Wiscube 2017.
- 16 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Wiscube 2017.
- 1 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.50 at Hillcrest Cubing 2017.
Competitions
- Copper Country Comeback 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Middleton Meetup Tuesday 2023 · 19 Dec 2023
- Wiscube 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hillcrest Cubing 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Clock N' Stuff 2015 · 23 May 2015
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Carter Kucala — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Simon Kellum — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.