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Daniel David Mizen

Skewb · top 0.61% of 74,164 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MIZE01

Daniel David Mizen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025, puts him in the top 0.61% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in South Africa. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,468 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.53 in October 2022 to 8.48, a 68% improvement. Daniel has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.61% of 74,164 all-time
1.63
signature single · Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025
1,468
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Skewb1.633.27
top 0.61%3 / 444
2×21.584.08
top 2.5%22 / 1,525
3×38.4812.17
top 3.7%36 / 2,187
Clock5.377.26
top 5.4%6 / 153
Pyraminx3.667.57
top 6.1%41 / 958
Square-110.5213.73
top 7.0%8 / 121
4×439.2549.71
top 11.3%36 / 495
3×3 one-handed16.9321.53
top 12.5%33 / 473
5×51:13.981:24.99
top 14.6%19 / 225
Megaminx1:14.071:25.70
top 18.1%29 / 268
6×62:15.562:28.54
top 18.4%13 / 87
7×73:44.573:53.57
top 25.1%11 / 73
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves40.33
top 30.1%18 / 54

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

Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 26.53CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 21.44CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023: 17.30CubingZA National Championship 2023: 15.04CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 16.15Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 15.14Eversdal Autumn 2024: 14.41Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 11.29Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024: 12.98Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 14.48Cape Cubes Challenge 2024: 12.77Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025: 12.38Mega Mania Cape Town 2025: 12.30CubingZA Nationals 2025: 12.34Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025: 12.43Cape Cubes Winter 2025: 11.56Cape Cubes Spring 2025: 11.96Solving in Sedgefield 2025: 13.32Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026: 12.11Mauritius Speedcubing Nationals 2026: 13.76Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026: 12.13Kirstenhof Early Spring 2026: 8.48GAN WCA African Championship 2026: 11.768.4826.537 Oct 202224 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.