People · Switzerland
Daniel Coertze
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014COER01
Daniel Coertze has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at Capelle Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in Switzerland. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2014, he has put 431 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.08 in January 2014 to 9.92, a 48% improvement. Daniel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 11.48 | top 7.2% | 95 / 1,197 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 4.25 | top 12.1% | 154 / 913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.75 | 26.04 | top 14.4% | 57 / 367 | |
| 4×4 | 50.48 | 58.21 | top 25.3% | 107 / 462 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.81 | 1:43.14 | top 30.5% | 69 / 266 | |
| 6×6 | 2:59.42 | 3:15.64 | top 40.8% | 52 / 141 | |
| Skewb | 9.33 | 9.84 | top 50.7% | 223 / 388 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.23 | 3:21.58 | top 59.4% | 120 / 207 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.12 | 17.16 | top 61.4% | 446 / 655 | |
| 7×7 | 5:36.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 65 / 118 | |
| Square-1 | 40.69 | 57.60 | top 66.2% | 108 / 159 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 62 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 91 / 97 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Capelle Cubing 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2022.
- 21 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at Dutch Masters 2022.
- 21 May 2022Six personal bests in one day at Dutch Masters 2022.
- 8 Feb 2014Four personal bests in one day at Grenoble Winter Open 2014.
- 18 Jan 2014First competition: Frankfurt Cube Days 2014. A 20.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Masters 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- SwissScience Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014 · 8 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Open 2014 · 29 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Grenoble Winter Open 2014 · 8 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2014 · 18 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Vincent Chan — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mark Bennis — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.