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Daniel Houghton

2×2 · top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016HOUG03

Daniel Houghton has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.64, set at Swiss Science Open 2019, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in Switzerland. Across 126 competitions since December 2016, he has put 3,869 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.83 in December 2016 to 11.03, a 71% improvement. Daniel has entered 126 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.64
signature single · Swiss Science Open 2019
3,869
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×22.645.11
top 10.3%138 / 913
3×311.0314.48
top 10.6%132 / 1,197
4×441.7951.04
top 14.3%61 / 462
Pyraminx5.5910.67
top 17.0%137 / 655
5×51:19.091:27.12
top 18.4%42 / 266
3×3 blindfolded1:17.421:50.14
top 18.6%23 / 87
Skewb5.6010.51
top 22.7%104 / 388
6×62:40.042:52.56
top 30.7%39 / 141
Megaminx1:35.451:47.87
top 31.7%67 / 207
7×74:06.474:24.05
top 33.2%36 / 118
Clock12.6814.19
top 38.2%96 / 226
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 55:17—
top 40.1%24 / 41
Square-132.321:00.34
top 53.8%89 / 159
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves59.67
top 68.6%71 / 97
3×3 one-handed45.9658.30
top 72.7%271 / 367

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

Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 37.83Swisscubing Cup I 2017: 26.91Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 29.54Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 24.42Ticino Open 2017: 23.57Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 26.74Zurich Open 2017: 21.16Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017: 16.61Swiss Nationals 2017: 17.28Xlingen Open 2018: 16.47Swisscubing Cup I 2018: 17.13Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 14.84Zurich Open 2018: 17.84Zentralschweiz 2018: 15.02Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 16.50Swiss Nationals 2018: 15.02Argovia Open 2018: 17.33Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 12.95D-City Cubing 2019: 16.17Zentralschweiz 2019: 14.29Brugge Open 2019: 15.35Swiss Nationals 2019: 13.46Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 13.56LYN Cubing Days 2019: 13.82Belgian Open 2019: 14.72Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 15.40Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 14.01Swisscubing Cup IV 2022: 15.43Swiss Nationals 2022: 14.40Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 16.17Chääswürfel 2022: 15.05Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 15.45Bretzel Open 2023: 15.28Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 14.28Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023: 14.56OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023: 12.61Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 13.01Stevenage May 2023: 13.59Swiss Nationals 2023: 15.31Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 13.69North Wales Summer 2023: 13.16Swisscubing Cup V 2023: 15.08Swisscubing Cup Final 2023: 15.43Ticino Open 2023: 13.71Swiss Science Open 2023: 14.31Ticino Winter Open 2023: 14.73Chääswürfel 2023: 13.55Charantonnay Cube Clash 2024: 12.54Swisscubing Cup I 2024: 13.56Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 13.0110 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024: 13.02Mega Chiasso 2024: 11.82Crewe Spring 2024: 12.48Swisscubing Cup III 2024: 14.38Hessen Open 2024: 14.21Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 12.89Bündner Open 2024: 13.59Bellinzona Back to School 2024: 12.43Swiss Nationals 2024: 14.76Lonay Cube 2024: 12.56Swisscubing Cup Final 2024: 15.01Chääswürfel 2024: 13.03Swisscubing Cup I 2025: 13.54Sonvico Saturday Solves 2025: 14.89Swisscubing Cup II 2025: 14.28Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025: 11.03Wiler Würfelfäst 2025: 14.96Show Your Skills in Ponte Tresa 2025: 11.62Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 13.40Back to Geneva 2025: 13.02Swiss Nationals 2025: 13.92Swisscubing Cup IV 2025: 15.19VERK VII 2025: 12.99Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 14.79Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 13.57La Clock-de-Fonds 2025: 13.72Ticino Open 2025: 13.87Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 13.32Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025: 13.22Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 13.47Chääswürfel 2025: 12.57Your Average Sonvico 2026: 11.13Swisscubing Cup I 2026: 13.50Cubing in the Rain 2026: 13.56Swisscubing Cup II 2026: 14.56Wiler Würfelfäst 2026: 14.34Bursins Goes Fast 2026: 13.79Le Speedcube De Morteau 2026: 12.70Früehligswürfelä z'Rootchrüüz 2026: 12.99Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 14.47NxN in Jura 2026: 13.24Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 15.32Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026: 13.66Svealandsmästerskapet 2026: 14.40Luzern Sunset Solves 2026: 13.64Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 14.4411.0337.8310 Dec 201628 Aug 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.