People · United States
Daniel King
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019KING09
Daniel King has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at West LA Winter 2020, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,818th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2019, he has put 159 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.94 in June 2019 to 9.03, a 35% improvement. Daniel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 10.73 | top 5.0% | 2,818 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 37.86 | 46.48 | top 9.7% | 1,475 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.15 | 19.94 | top 10.6% | 1,432 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.37 | 1:16.56 | top 11.3% | 881 / 9,537 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 5.24 | top 15.7% | 6,218 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.37 | 11.83 | top 28.8% | 4,776 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.32 | 1:57.32 | top 40.1% | 2,966 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 34.88 | 41.93 | top 58.2% | 3,895 / 6,846 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.70 | 23.63 | top 76.5% | 23,015 / 29,168 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Temecula Valley Spring 2026.
- 22 Feb 2020Five personal bests in one day at Mudd Winter 2020.
- 5 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Mudd Fall 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Mudd Fall 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019First competition: CubingUSA Western Championship 2019. A 13.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Michael Young — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.