People · United States
Daniel Hewitt
2×2 · top 4.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023HEWI03
Daniel Hewitt has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at Spokane Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,621st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2023, he has put 535 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.32 in August 2023 to 10.42, a 49% improvement. Daniel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 1.88 | 4.46 | top 4.1% | 1,621 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.42 | 12.73 | top 8.8% | 4,872 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.61 | 7.15 | top 10.9% | 2,887 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 6.48 | top 11.4% | 1,787 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.95 | 30.90 | top 23.2% | 3,009 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 50.26 | 54.33 | top 25.2% | 3,901 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.69 | 2:07.15 | top 31.9% | 2,310 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 13.34 | 15.15 | top 41.1% | 3,353 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.90 | 2:15.48 | top 50.5% | 4,298 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 33.46 | 43.50 | top 56.0% | 3,747 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 5:27.53 | 6:11.60 | early days — 3 solves | 3,602 / 4,262 |
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
- 9 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at North Idaho No NxN's 2026.
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Spokane Big Cubes Summer 2025.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Grizzly Awakening 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at Back in Boise 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.78 at Grizzly Hibernating 2023.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Grizzly Hibernating 2023.
Competitions
- Spokane Fall 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- North Idaho No NxN's 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- North Idaho Newcomers 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CdA Cube Clash 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spokane Big Cubes Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Spokane Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spokane Spring 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Grizzly Awakening 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- North Idaho Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Back in Boise 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Back To Tri-Cities 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spokane Winter 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Grizzly Hibernating 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Spokane Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jeremiah Rummerfield — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Ethan George Hayes — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once
- Samuel Williams — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.