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Daniel Beyer

3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2006 · 2006BEYE01

Daniel Beyer has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.16, set at Washington DC Open 2008, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,402nd in the United States. Across 10 competitions since October 2006, he has put 133 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.74 in October 2006 to 17.16, a 25% improvement. Daniel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.16
signature single · Washington DC Open 2008
133
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.1619.38
top 31.5%17,402 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded2:47.73
top 48.9%1,048 / 2,092
4×41:16.371:41.40
top 52.8%8,961 / 19,072
2×27.7713.89
top 66.3%27,363 / 40,951
4×4 blindfolded13:00.00
early days — 3 solves290 / 440
5×5 blindfolded25:53.00
early days — 2 solves174 / 218
5×52:59.053:07.04
top 77.8%7,024 / 9,401
Megaminx6:50.37
early days — 1 solve7,827 / 7,841

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

G-Wiz Fall competition 2006: 22.74Rutgers Fall competition 2006: 18.01Cornell Spring competition 2007: 19.53Rutgers Spring competition 2007: 19.34World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 21.60Virginia Open 2007: 18.56Cornell Spring competition 2008: 17.81Washington DC Open 2008: 17.1617.1622.7421 Oct 200617 May 2008

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 47.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.