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Daniel Billingham

Skewb · top 6.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018BILL03

Daniel Billingham has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.23, set at Stevenage January 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 142nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since November 2018, he has put 1,363 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.56 in November 2018 to 11.63, a 68% improvement. Daniel has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.2% of 73,281 all-time
3.23
signature single · Stevenage January 2026
1,363
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Skewb3.235.40
top 6.2%142 / 2,421
Pyraminx3.716.58
top 6.3%241 / 3,656
2×22.574.05
top 9.6%631 / 4,895
3×311.6313.50
top 12.6%894 / 6,689
4×447.2158.55
top 21.1%470 / 2,071
Clock9.3611.26
top 21.8%302 / 1,232
Square-118.7226.20
top 25.1%239 / 778
3×3 one-handed22.6328.80
top 27.7%507 / 1,851
5×51:40.201:55.01
top 35.5%453 / 1,151
Megaminx1:56.932:03.34
top 44.1%506 / 966
6×63:56.844:08.29
top 64.3%374 / 548
7×76:54.12—
top 79.1%385 / 459

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

Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 36.56Manchester Open 2019: 26.19Chester Open 2019: 29.80High Wycombe Open 2019: 21.45British Summer Open 2019: 23.40UK Championship 2019: 23.89Doncaster Open 2020: 19.82Manchester Open 2020: 18.28Wakefield Open 2022: 19.47Farnworth Spring B 2022: 15.73Stevenage Spring 2022: 16.30Stevenage Summer 2022: 14.16Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 15.08Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 13.36Reading Spring 2023: 13.13Bristol Summer 2023: 13.75August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 13.39Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 18.12Guildford Autumn 2023: 12.91Stevenage January 2024: 14.37Wiltshire March 2024: 14.69Crewe Spring 2024: 12.49Birmingham Summer 2024: 13.15Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 12.11Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 12.47Birmingham Spring 2025: 12.25Coventry Spring 2025: 11.63Stevenage July 2025: 12.08Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 13.84Leicestershire Autumn 2025: 12.67Stevenage January 2026: 12.65Sheffield Spring 2026: 13.13Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 12.5811.6336.5624 Nov 201828 Aug 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.

  • Danny Morgan — met in 200 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Oliver Wheat — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
  • Ben Stokes — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.