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Daniel Coble

2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015COBL01

Daniel Coble has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Athens Spring 2016, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,105th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2015, he has put 330 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.55 in July 2015 to 9.67, a 66% improvement. Daniel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.08
signature single · Athens Spring 2016
330
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.084.19
top 5.3%2,105 / 40,951
3×39.6711.62
top 6.6%3,610 / 59,724
Skewb4.005.50
top 10.9%1,680 / 18,907
4×442.9247.94
top 15.7%2,369 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed22.5026.58
top 27.4%3,535 / 15,683
Pyraminx6.979.34
top 27.6%7,587 / 28,708
5×51:55.462:09.90
top 46.3%3,831 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded2:39.75
top 46.4%1,000 / 2,092

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

US Nationals 2015: 28.55Athens Spring 2016: 15.62Alpharetta Open 2016: 15.71Athens Summer Omega 2016: 14.89Duke Summer 2016: 14.54Athens Fall Late Night 2016: 13.16Mountain View Open 2017: 11.09Classic City Summer 2017: 11.00Crossroads Cubing 2018: 9.67CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 11.089.6728.5531 Jul 201527 Apr 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.