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Daniel Kottenstette

2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012KOTT01

Daniel Kottenstette has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Cubetcha 2013, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,826th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2012, he has put 499 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.50 in June 2012 to 2.58, an 82% improvement. Daniel has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.58
signature single · Cubetcha 2013
499
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.585.57
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
3×314.4517.89
top 22.5%12,188 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.1713.73
top 37.6%10,723 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves52.00
top 55.5%1,178 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:13.606:31.40
top 56.2%1,195 / 2,092
4×41:23.551:41.53
top 58.7%10,161 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.8941.46
top 58.9%8,229 / 15,683
Skewb11.7218.01
top 64.6%12,006 / 18,907
4×4 blindfolded11:54.0021:05.00
top 66.2%273 / 440
Clock22.3226.42
top 70.9%6,133 / 8,927
5×52:48.05
top 73.9%6,563 / 9,401
5×5 blindfolded29:35.00
early days — 1 solve191 / 218
6×65:26.37
top 86.2%3,528 / 4,196
7×77:45.33
early days — 2 solves2,764 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 26:03
early days — 1 solve656 / 731
Megaminx4:26.33
top 93.6%7,510 / 7,841

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

Minnesota Open 2012: 14.50Dayton Fall 2012: 8.63Dixon Winter 2013: 8.08UIUC Spring 2013: 6.36Winona Open 2013: 5.83Dixon Summer 2013: 6.72Tree Town 2013: 6.24Indiana 2013: 6.21Cubetcha 2013: 2.58Dixon Spring 2014: 4.36Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 5.22Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 5.53Michigan 2014: 5.77Dixon Summer 2014: 4.93Indiana 2014: 5.91Wiscube 2014: 2.98Field of Cubes 2015: 3.90US Nationals 2015: 5.02US Nationals 2016: 4.60CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 4.532.5814.5023 Jun 201227 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.58 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.