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Daniel Ables

3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020ABLE01

Daniel Ables has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.24, set at Ohio State Winter 2023, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,873rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2020, he has put 42 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.91 in March 2020 to 12.24, a 51% improvement. Daniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.24
signature single · Ohio State Winter 2023
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.2418.56
top 14.7%7,873 / 59,724
2×24.225.37
top 29.3%11,633 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.239.62
top 38.2%10,893 / 28,708

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

Arnold Classic North America A 2020: 24.91Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 17.72Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 16.27Ohio State Winter 2023: 12.2412.2424.917 Mar 20209 Dec 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.