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Daniel Hicklin

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017HICK04

Daniel Hicklin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,551st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2017, he has put 490 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.76 in April 2017 to 8.88, a 47% improvement. Daniel has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.88
signature single · Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025
490
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8810.80
top 4.6%2,551 / 59,724
4×433.5738.74
top 5.4%830 / 19,072
6×61:49.941:57.39
top 7.2%248 / 4,196
5×51:03.731:07.90
top 7.6%598 / 9,401
7×72:54.173:03.40
top 8.9%246 / 3,184
2×22.833.30
top 12.3%4,846 / 40,951
Megaminx1:12.261:17.09
top 17.0%1,163 / 7,841
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 48:12—
early days — 3 solves166 / 731
3×3 one-handed22.6727.99
top 27.8%3,590 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.328.62
top 30.5%8,498 / 28,708
Square-123.4829.00
top 35.8%2,324 / 6,743
Clock12.4613.45
top 37.2%2,957 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded2:15.042:24.93
top 38.3%803 / 2,092
Skewb7.628.83
top 38.4%6,591 / 18,907
4×4 blindfolded9:03.4410:28.00
top 51.7%217 / 440
5×5 blindfolded19:24.00—
early days — 2 solves127 / 218
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves52.67
early days — 3 solves1,618 / 2,040

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

Mountain View Open 2017: 16.76Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 15.38Classic City Summer 2017: 13.96Hendersonville Fall 2017: 11.49South Carolina 2017: 13.36CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 13.83Carolina Season Starter 2018: 11.44CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 12.17North Carolina Championship 2023: 10.08Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024: 10.07CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 9.95North Carolina Championship 2025: 9.83CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 9.03Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025: 8.888.8816.7629 Apr 20179 Aug 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.