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Daniel Goodman

Pyraminx · top 0.25% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013GOOD01

Daniel Goodman has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in the United States. Until October 2015, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 103 competitions since January 2013, he has put 4,178 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.18 in January 2013 to 6.74, an 84% improvement. Daniel has entered 103 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.25% of 129,321 all-time
1.34
signature single · Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023
4,178
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.342.09
top 0.25%85 / 28,708
2×21.142.61
top 0.87%370 / 40,951
3×36.748.28
top 1.1%666 / 59,724
Megaminx38.9243.71
top 1.3%89 / 7,841
Skewb2.284.69
top 2.2%319 / 18,907
4×430.1835.29
top 2.9%481 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed12.1116.95
top 3.1%487 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.67
top 4.0%103 / 2,040
Square-19.8713.91
top 5.8%429 / 6,743
5×51:00.721:09.80
top 5.9%483 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded45.191:05.90
top 8.3%165 / 2,092
6×62:01.092:06.49
top 11.4%406 / 4,196
Clock7.189.02
top 11.7%888 / 8,927
7×73:08.503:24.57
top 12.8%351 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded4:24.617:56.81
top 17.7%66 / 440
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 16 cubes · 58:37—
top 18.4%128 / 731
5×5 blindfolded11:58.0015:35.00
top 28.6%54 / 218

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

Monmouth County Open 2013: 42.18Princeton Spring 2013: 34.08CCFC Fall 2013: 19.85Starlight Open 2013: 18.28Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 19.39Princeton Winter 2014: 18.16US Nationals 2014: 13.27Starlight Open 2014: 14.25Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 13.97Yale Spring 2015: 12.84Doylestown Spring 2015: 14.09Norwich Summer 2015: 10.53Manhasset Fall 2015: 10.82Liberty Science 2015: 10.77Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 11.14Princeton Winter 2016: 11.96Manhasset Spring 2016: 10.68Big Apple Spring 2016: 8.42Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 10.19Princeton Fall 2016: 9.75Clifton Winter 2017: 10.19Ledgewood Winter Open 2017: 10.34Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 8.67Big Cube Bash 2017: 11.75CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.60Princeton Fall 2017: 8.76UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 8.97Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 8.39Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 8.36Rutgers Spring 2018: 10.28New York City Spring 2018: 8.83North Plainfield Open 2018: 8.49Brooklyn 2018: 8.15CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 8.68Princeton Fall 2018: 8.61New York City Fall 2018: 8.33CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 8.70Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 7.56New Hope Open Winter 2019: 7.71Princeton Winter 2019: 8.56Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 6.88Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 8.85Athens SNFestival Cubing 2019: 7.84Warm Up Sydney 2019: 7.89WCA World Championship 2019: 8.32CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.15Brooklyn Fall 2019: 8.27Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 8.52Princeton Winter 2020: 6.89Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 8.93Empire State Summer A 2021: 8.48Princeton Spring 2022: 8.51Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.58East Brunswick Open 2022: 8.95Babylon Summer 2022: 7.61Princeton Fall 2022: 10.23Happy Valley Fall 2022: 7.82West Chester Fall 2022: 8.49Puzzling in Providence 2023: 8.40Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023: 8.30NJIT Spring 2023: 8.08GCU Spring 2023: 8.57Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 8.01CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.12River Hill Fall 2023: 8.23Virginia Championship 2023: 7.71Princeton Fall 2023: 8.22GCU Winter 2024: 7.59Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 8.13New-Cumberland County 2024: 7.65Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 7.40New Jersey Championship 2024: 6.74Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.28UMBC Fall 2024: 7.93Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 7.38River Hill Fall 2024: 8.50Pop Off Princeton 2025: 8.73Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 7.80River Hill Spring 2025: 8.64East Berlin Eccentric Blocks PA 2025: 6.94Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.62CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 7.87Fredericksburg Summer PM 2025: 7.11UMBC Fall 2025: 8.01Fredericksburg Winter AM 2026: 8.68UMBC Winter 2026: 7.31TJHSST Winter 2026: 8.87Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.876.7442.1812 Jan 20132 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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.