People · United States
Daniel Ellerbusch
2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025ELLE01
Daniel Ellerbusch has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Commerce City Cup 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,363rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2025, he has put 159 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.40 in February 2025 to 13.14, a 57% improvement. Daniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 4.39 | top 3.5% | 1,363 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 9.06 | top 16.1% | 4,241 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.14 | 16.97 | top 17.9% | 9,588 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 10.53 | 14.96 | top 58.2% | 10,650 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.24 | 53.21 | top 62.7% | 8,866 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:46.21 | 2:11.64 | top 74.5% | 13,554 / 19,072 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.55 at FoCo Open 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at FoCo Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 20.56 at Happy Crew CO 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025First competition: DeNxNver 2025. A 30.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Colorado 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Pi Day Cubing CO 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oredigger Fall CO 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FoCo Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Commerce City Cup 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
- Happy Crew CO 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
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.
- Luke Ripperger — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Raymos Castillo — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Wilson — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.