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Daniel Fraser

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020FRAS02

Daniel Fraser has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.21, set at NZ South Island Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since December 2020, he has put 3,810 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.93 in December 2020 to 7.72, a 40% improvement. Daniel has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.21
signature single · NZ South Island Championship 2025
3,810
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.212.39
top 1.1%45 / 1,615
Pyraminx2.233.94
top 1.6%48 / 1,141
3×37.728.96
top 2.3%70 / 2,095
4×429.1233.71
top 2.3%29 / 722
Skewb2.434.39
top 2.6%32 / 666
3×3 one-handed11.9715.27
top 2.9%34 / 600
5×555.021:03.99
top 3.4%19 / 355
Clock4.776.44
top 3.9%27 / 303
Megaminx50.491:01.33
top 5.3%26 / 283
Square-19.7912.74
top 5.7%22 / 251
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.00
top 8.0%12 / 111
6×61:57.412:09.66
top 10.0%21 / 149
7×73:11.923:22.67
top 13.9%23 / 126
3×3 blindfolded2:23.50—
early days — 1 solve57 / 86

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

New Zealand Nationals 2020: 12.93NZ South Island Championship 2021: 13.18Southern Scramble Dunedin 2021: 12.48Lyttelton Spring 2021: 10.78Lyttelton Autumn 2022: 9.34NZ South Island Championship 2022: 10.55Opawa Open 2022: 9.00Lyttelton Spring 2022: 9.65New Zealand Nationals 2022: 8.94Cashmere Open 2023: 9.37NZ South Island Championship 2023: 9.46Ōtepoti Winter 2023: 9.38Lyttelton Spring 2023: 8.40New Zealand Nationals 2023: 9.52Southern Solves Invercargill 2024: 8.10Lyttelton Summer 2024: 7.95Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024: 8.82NZ South Island Championship 2024: 10.29Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024: 9.20Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2024: 8.88Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 8.35Waihōpai Winter 2024: 8.57Oamaru Open 2024: 8.51Keep Christchurch Quick 2024: 8.78Keep Christchurch Quirky 2024: 7.91Keep Christchurch Complex 2024: 8.28Groundhog Day in Somerfield 2024: 9.80New Zealand Nationals 2024: 9.82Solving in the South Invercargill 2025: 8.39Big and Blind Queenstown 2025: 8.53Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 8.26Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 8.56Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025: 7.72NZ South Island Championship 2025: 9.10Hurry Up Halswell 2025: 9.19Twisty Te Raekura 2025: 8.51Waihopai Winter 2025: 9.11Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2025: 8.07Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025: 9.02NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025: 10.28New Zealand Nationals 2025: 8.24Invercargill Summer 2026: 8.52Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026: 7.80NZ South Island Championship 2026: 7.88Christchurch Autumn 2026: 9.44GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 8.827.7213.1811 Dec 202010 Jul 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.