Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → New Zealand → Daniel Collins

People · New Zealand

Daniel Collins

3×3 · top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018COLL08

Daniel Collins has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.45, set at Brilliant Ballarat 2022, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 314th in New Zealand. Across 8 competitions since October 2018, he has put 158 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.01 in October 2018 to 12.45, a 38% improvement. Daniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time
12.45
signature single · Brilliant Ballarat 2022
158
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×312.4514.78
top 15.5%314 / 2,095
2×23.535.57
top 20.6%374 / 1,615
Pyraminx7.4611.44
top 31.7%435 / 1,141
4×41:02.711:14.68
top 39.4%252 / 722
Skewb10.6315.05
top 58.8%421 / 666
5×52:45.29
early days — 2 solves257 / 355
3×3 one-handed54.48
top 80.4%461 / 600
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves
early days — 1 solve98 / 111

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

St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 20.01Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 13.79Adelaide Summer 2019: 13.35WCA World Championship 2019: 12.63Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 15.75December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 16.37Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 12.4512.4520.0127 Oct 201812 Feb 2022

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 0.45 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.