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Daniel Hamilton

3×3 · top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023HAMI12

Daniel Hamilton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.10, set at UCD Cube Days 2026, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Ireland. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2023, he has put 1,104 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.11 in June 2024 to 6.10, a 33% improvement. Daniel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time
6.10
signature single · UCD Cube Days 2026
1,104
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×36.107.71
top 0.55%13 / 1,427
3×3 one-handed9.6014.17
top 0.81%6 / 448
Megaminx36.9743.33
top 0.94%7 / 283
2×21.301.82
top 1.4%25 / 1,163
Pyraminx2.253.54
top 1.6%24 / 911
Skewb2.193.53
top 1.9%13 / 624
Square-17.069.15
top 1.9%6 / 194
4×430.4733.35
top 3.1%19 / 579
Clock4.415.02
top 3.1%16 / 331
5×559.151:04.20
top 5.1%15 / 296
6×61:58.802:05.08
top 10.6%17 / 142
7×73:09.593:26.65
top 13.2%16 / 108
3×3 blindfolded1:09.241:18.68
top 15.9%17 / 59
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 2 solves36 / 88

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

Belfast Summer 2024: 9.11Manchester August 2024: 9.39Dublin Summer Solving 2024: 8.33Dublin Winter Solving 2025: 8.06UCD Cube Days 2025: 7.79Manchester Spring 2025: 8.04PBs in Phibblestown 2025: 7.43Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 7.03Termonfeckin Fast 2025: 7.33Ruta Cubera: Aigües Open 2025: 8.04Belfast Autumn 2025: 6.78Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 7.83TUD Unscramble Day 2026: 6.69UCD Cube Days 2026: 6.10Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 7.156.109.3915 Jun 202424 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.