People · Australia
Daniel DeHaan
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017DEHA02
Daniel DeHaan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 366th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2017, he has put 311 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.03 in November 2017 to 8.53, a 59% improvement. Daniel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 9.37 | top 3.8% | 366 / 11,943 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.59 | 19.21 | top 7.3% | 167 / 2,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.63 | 8.76 | top 11.0% | 515 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 41.55 | 45.90 | top 14.0% | 353 / 3,108 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.45 | top 15.4% | 1,191 / 8,727 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.45 | 2:00.41 | top 40.3% | 559 / 1,412 | |
| Megaminx | 1:59.34 | — | top 45.4% | 560 / 1,313 |
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
- 6 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Chilling in Canberra 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Canberra Autumn 2022.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Canberra Autumn 2022.
- 11 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Six personal bests in one day at Koalafication Canberra 2019.
Competitions
- Canberra Spring Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Koalafication Canberra 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
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.
- Liam Highducheck — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jayden McNeill — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peri Le Dain — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.