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Daniel Ciao

3×3 · top 22.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013CIAO01

Daniel Ciao has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.43, set at Berkeley Summer 2014, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,148th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2013, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.25 in August 2013 to 14.43, a 21% improvement. Daniel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.5% of 284,439 all-time
14.43
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2014
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.4317.59
top 22.5%12,148 / 59,724
4×41:03.331:15.73
top 40.0%6,501 / 19,072
2×25.566.99
top 46.0%18,601 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed34.7842.08
top 56.9%7,914 / 15,683

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' Summer 2013: 18.25Berkeley Fall 2013: 18.25Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 14.78Berkeley Summer 2014: 14.43BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 15.54SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 15.9414.4318.2524 Aug 201319 Apr 2015

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.43 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 3.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.