People · United States
Daniel Dinh
4×4 · top 1.4% of 85,040 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025DINH01
Daniel Dinh has been competing for a year. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.04, set at SacCubing XXIV 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since January 2025, he has put 467 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.28 in January 2025 to 7.16, a 30% improvement. Daniel has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 27.04 | 32.36 | top 1.4% | 240 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 | 7.16 | 9.61 | top 1.5% | 937 / 60,666 | |
| 5×5 | 56.20 | 1:04.47 | top 3.9% | 326 / 9,537 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.55 | top 12.9% | 5,115 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 8.16 | 9.26 | top 15.9% | 1,240 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.54 | 7.66 | top 24.2% | 6,682 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.52 | 32.56 | top 43.3% | 5,919 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,496 / 2,059 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Davis Summer 2025.
- 7 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Davis Weeknight February 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025First competition: SacCubing XIX 2025. A 10.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXIV 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- SacCubing XXIII 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Spring Sunset 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Davis Winter Weeknight 2026 · 26 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- SacCubing XXII 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Davis Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XX 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- WCC Western FMC Championship 2025 · 4 May 2025
- Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley March Weekday NxN 2025 · 7 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Weeknight February 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Rashad Kadado — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Jacob Vincent Vicente Mangosing — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.04 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.