People · United States
Daniel G. Preston
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 1.5% of 12,294 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019PRES02
Daniel G. Preston has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 21 moves, set at CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2022, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2019, he has put 234 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.25 in March 2019 to 8.33, a 45% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 21 moves | 30.00 | top 1.5% | 39 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 | 8.33 | 11.29 | top 3.4% | 1,918 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.31 | top 10.8% | 4,258 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.76 | 9.82 | top 18.2% | 4,850 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.83 | 25.59 | top 25.5% | 3,299 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 53.97 | 1:04.39 | top 29.5% | 4,614 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.77 | 1:57.99 | top 45.2% | 3,726 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:45.85 | — | top 48.3% | 1,036 / 2,092 | |
| Skewb | 10.19 | 12.60 | top 56.1% | 10,190 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 3:46.41 | 4:04.21 | early days — 3 solves | 2,349 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:42.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,903 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.73 | — | top 65.4% | 5,000 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 41.09 | 55.17 | top 66.8% | 4,389 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 25.40 | 27.53 | top 77.4% | 6,794 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 20:45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 629 / 731 |
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
- 21 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.33 at Florida Winter Break 2019.
- 21 Dec 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Florida Winter Break 2019.
- 19 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Six personal bests in one day at Florida Fall Fest 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Six personal bests in one day at Indialantic Open 2019.
- 4 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.96 at Gator Cubing Spring Open 2019.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Florida Winter Break 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Florida Fall Fest 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Indialantic Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Gator Cubing Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Florida 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
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.
- Sean Hartman — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Noah Paredes — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Noah Swor — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.