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Daniel Kidd

2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023KIDD02

Daniel Kidd has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 289th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since January 2023, he has put 785 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.83 in January 2023 to 9.13, a 56% improvement. Daniel has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.88
signature single · Edinburgh Winter 2026
785
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.883.90
top 4.0%289 / 4,895
3×39.1312.31
top 5.2%389 / 6,689
3×3 blindfolded40.111:07.83
top 6.8%31 / 311
Pyraminx4.396.61
top 9.6%375 / 3,656
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 15 cubes · 53:40—
top 10.8%27 / 126
Skewb4.059.03
top 11.2%259 / 2,421
4×441.1147.17
top 13.4%314 / 2,071
4×4 blindfolded3:56.00—
top 14.2%18 / 84
Clock10.8212.85
top 29.2%388 / 1,232
Square-125.0237.54
top 39.2%350 / 778
5×51:51.401:59.15
top 43.6%542 / 1,151
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
top 44.7%181 / 372
Megaminx1:59.862:12.07
top 45.6%526 / 966
3×3 one-handed30.3239.29
top 47.4%838 / 1,851

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

Glasgow Winter 2023: 20.83Glasgow Spring 2023: 13.45Glasgow Autumn 2023: 13.36Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 13.33Edinburgh Winter 2024: 9.13Glasgow Spring 2024: 11.26Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 10.96Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.98Edinburgh Winter 2025: 10.48Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 11.33Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 10.83Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025: 12.00Edinburgh Winter 2026: 10.02Falkirk Open 2026: 9.74Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026: 12.64Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 10.35Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 11.379.1320.8327 Jan 202328 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.