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Daniel Chan

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2007 · 2007CHAN06

Daniel Chan has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Berkeley Winter 2014, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since May 2007, he has put 1,137 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.93 in May 2007 to 8.53, a 63% improvement. Daniel has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.53
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2014
1,137
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5312.02
top 3.8%2,134 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed12.6815.66
top 3.9%576 / 15,683
2×23.976.83
top 26.1%10,293 / 40,951
4×453.501:01.60
top 28.9%4,512 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.67
top 33.6%738 / 2,040
Megaminx2:01.692:12.19
top 46.7%3,440 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded3:28.59—
top 60.6%1,270 / 2,092
Pyraminx11.9923.56
top 67.1%19,848 / 28,708
Clock24.04—
early days — 1 solve6,520 / 8,927

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

Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 22.93San Diego competition 2007: 23.81Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 20.73Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 13.84San Diego Open 2009: 13.71Nisei Week Open 2009: 15.66Bayview Hills Open 2010: 13.46Moose Lodge 2010: 12.90Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 12.78San Diego Open 2010: 13.96Nisei Week Open 2010: 11.08Marymount Open 2010: 10.91Caltech Fall 2010: 11.55Caltech Winter 2011: 13.02Caltech Prefrosh 2011: 12.41Caltech Spring 2011: 12.84San Diego 2011: 11.35Caltech Fall 2011: 10.88Arizona Showdown 2011: 12.15Caltech Spring 2012: 12.33Antelope Valley Summer 2012: 11.16United States National Championships 2012: 13.30Nisei Week 2012: 11.61Caltech Fall Open 2012: 11.93Antelope Valley Winter 2013: 12.88Southwest Showdown 2013: 11.07Caltech Fall Open 2013: 12.00Berkeley Winter 2014: 8.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 12.06Caltech Winter Open 2014: 11.15Cube Kingdom II 2014: 10.36US Nationals 2014: 11.29Starlight Open 2014: 11.12Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 9.55VanCubing Winter 2014: 10.56Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 11.12Vancouver Open Spring 2015: 11.46UW Spring 2015: 10.54Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 10.65SoCal Supercomp 2015: 10.55Vancouver Open Summer 2015: 10.88Puget Sound Open 2015: 12.82Cajun Cube Clash 2017: 10.46Nisei Week 2017: 8.94Nisei Week 2018: 14.208.5323.815 May 200718 Aug 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.