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Daniel Brannon

2×2 · top 91.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BRAN04

Daniel Brannon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 15.98, set at Davis Winter 2024, puts him in the top 91.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38,175th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 34% 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 2:00.96 in April 2022 to 1:08.11, a 44% improvement. Daniel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 91.8% of 186,767 all-time
15.98
signature single · Davis Winter 2024
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×215.9823.10
top 91.8%38,175 / 40,951
3×31:08.111:29.55
top 94.4%57,295 / 59,724

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 2:00.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 1:19.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 1:19.63Davis Winter 2024: 1:08.11Mountain House Open 2026: 1:24.641:08.112:00.9623 Apr 202218 Jul 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-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 8.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.