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Daniel Cho

Pyraminx · top 3.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021CHOD01

Daniel Cho has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at Folsom Winter 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 860th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 97 competitions since December 2021, he has put 2,752 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.58 in December 2021 to 9.15, a 63% improvement. Daniel has entered 97 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.3% of 129,321 all-time
2.89
signature single · Folsom Winter 2023
2,752
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.894.72
top 3.3%860 / 28,708
Skewb3.046.89
top 5.2%795 / 18,907
3×39.1511.24
top 5.2%2,918 / 59,724
Megaminx51.1358.41
top 5.6%403 / 7,841
2×22.293.83
top 7.0%2,756 / 40,951
4×441.1745.28
top 13.5%2,012 / 19,072
5×51:22.571:40.09
top 21.2%1,644 / 9,401
Clock9.6410.94
top 23.3%1,795 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed23.2229.68
top 29.3%3,800 / 15,683
Square-123.9931.51
top 36.8%2,391 / 6,743
6×63:25.173:37.26
top 52.8%1,997 / 4,196
7×76:11.926:29.19
top 70.5%2,164 / 3,184

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

Westview Winter B 2021: 24.58Anaheim Winter A 2022: 16.10SacCubing XI 2022: 14.26Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022: 18.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 15.77A Bruin Cube Day 2022: 15.18Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 14.64Circle City Summer 2022: 14.14Berkeley Fall 2022: 14.76WCC Western Championship 2022: 13.88Reno Fall 2022: 15.02Circle City Supercharged 2022: 10.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 13.70SacCubing XIII 2023: 14.11Berkeley Winter A 2023: 13.17Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 12.56Cal Poly SLO Winter 2023: 13.43Berkeley Spring 2023: 11.91Reno Spring 2023: 11.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 11.10Mountains Open Up 2023: 11.86Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 14.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 13.12SacCubing XIV 2023: 11.70Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 12.59Reno Summer 2023: 10.89Claws Up Summer 2023: 13.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 11.02CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 15.39Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023: 12.78Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 13.70Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 13.28Reno Fall 2023: 13.80SacCubing XV 2023: 11.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 11.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 11.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 14.60Reno Mini 2023: 12.90Berkeley Fall 2023: 13.76Claws Up Winter 2023: 13.09Folsom Winter 2023: 11.78Reno Winter 2024: 11.43Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 11.56SacCubing XVI 2024: 12.87Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024: 12.61Berkeley Winter 2024: 11.85Davis Winter 2024: 11.99Reno Spring 2024: 11.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 12.92Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 12.05Chico Spring 2024: 11.17Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 13.07Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 13.58SacCubing XVII 2024: 9.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 13.15Berkeley Summer 2024: 12.33Folsom Summer 2024: 10.89Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 10.86La La Land 2024: 11.22Reno Mini Summer 2024: 14.68Berkeley Fall 2024: 12.54Davis Fall 2024: 12.39Rocklin Winter 2024: 11.09SacCubing XIX 2025: 9.68Berkeley Winter 2025: 11.45Berkeley Spring 2025: 10.41Yuba City Spring 2025: 12.63Nevada Championship 2025: 11.51Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 10.36SacCubing XX 2025: 12.08SacMini 2025: 12.09Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.40Davis Summer 2025: 11.75UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025: 11.53Benicia Open 2025: 11.67UCLA Spring 2026: 10.89City of STEM LA 2026: 12.73West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 11.44Cubing in the Park Reno 2026: 10.00Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 10.60South Wales Summer 2026: 11.26Open de Lumes 2026: 9.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 9.159.1524.5811 Dec 202129 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.

  • Chris Martin — met in 398 rounds, finished ahead 298 times
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 380 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Jason Ostdiek — met in 356 rounds, finished ahead 25 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.