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Dan Smith

Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018SMIT42

Dan Smith has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at K-State Cubing Spring 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,272nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 74 competitions since November 2018, he has put 2,027 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.10 in November 2018 to 17.64, a 62% improvement. Dan has entered 74 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.8% of 130,891 all-time
3.32
signature single · K-State Cubing Spring 2024
2,027
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.328.87
top 4.8%1,272 / 29,168
Square-115.3719.30
top 17.3%1,186 / 6,846
2×23.436.76
top 19.4%7,716 / 41,674
3×317.6422.39
top 33.1%18,626 / 60,666
Skewb7.219.09
top 35.4%6,068 / 19,164
4×41:05.621:14.74
top 42.5%7,086 / 19,354
3×3 blindfolded2:32.123:22.75
top 44.0%951 / 2,128
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 37:02—
top 45.3%346 / 740
Clock17.9819.84
top 58.7%5,051 / 9,172
5×52:15.982:30.43
top 58.9%5,103 / 9,537
6×64:32.664:49.54
top 75.4%3,043 / 4,262
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves54.33
early days — 3 solves1,592 / 2,059
3×3 one-handed56.691:12.58
top 81.9%12,376 / 15,900
Megaminx3:41.214:03.56
top 86.3%7,072 / 8,026
7×78:42.419:23.33
top 92.5%3,031 / 3,236

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

Respect Kansas 2018: 46.10Oklahoma Open 2019: 33.40Oklahoma Spring 2019: 28.81BarbeCubing Spring 2019: 33.32Oklahoma Fall 2019: 27.53OU Winter 2019: 29.34Oklahoma Fall AM 2021: 23.14Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022: 23.89CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 26.20Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022: 24.38Cashew Cubing 2022: 22.43Kansas City Krazy Cubing 2022: 25.22Cube More in Ardmore 2022: 21.44Cube Even More in Wichita 2022: 20.24Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022: 22.26Springfield Winter Open 2023: 20.25KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023: 20.90Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023: 20.30Arkansolve 2023: 21.90Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023: 22.16CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 19.87Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023: 18.41Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023: 22.53Springfield Summer Open 2023: 23.08Battle at Fort Hays Kansas 2023: 20.23KCKC 3 Cubing for Cake 2023: 23.08Oklahoma Fall 2023: 20.18UCO Cubing Winter 2024: 21.69CoMO Cubing Winter 2024: 19.09Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024: 21.22Going Fast in Grandview 2024: 18.37K-State Cubing Spring 2024: 20.08Nebraska Championship 2024: 19.98Kansas Championship 2024: 21.49CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 20.27Oklahoma Championship 2024: 21.01Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 23.77CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 18.79Missouri Championship 2024: 20.31KS Air Capital Cubing 2024: 21.98Battle at Fort Hays KS 2024: 20.76KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024: 22.43Wichita Speedcubing Fall 2024: 22.99Arkansolve Fall 2024: 23.34Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024: 21.84Wichita Art Museum 2025: 32.73Nebraska Championship 2025: 33.84Kansas City Side Events 2025: 19.63Kansas Championship 2025: 21.25Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 19.88Missouri Championship 2025: 24.74Lawrence Summer 2025: 20.88CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 20.62Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025: 22.59Lawton OKtoberfest 2025: 21.73Arkansolve Fall 2025: 20.93Wichita Art Museum 2026: 17.64DFW Cubing Spring 2026: 20.90Nebraska Championship 2026: 22.91COMO Cube-Off 2026: 20.167x7 Off I-70 MO 2026: 24.90CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 22.22Panhandling for Cubes Oklahoma 2026: 20.23Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026: 21.70Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 23.44Missouri Championship 2026: 22.00Kansas Championship 2026: 22.71Arkansas Cube Day 2026: 20.8817.6446.103 Nov 201812 Sep 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,234 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.