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Daniel Kruger

2×2 · top 0.22% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023KRUG01

Daniel Kruger has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.79, set at Western Ontario Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Canada. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since March 2023, he has put 488 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.20 in March 2023 to 6.54, an 85% improvement. Daniel has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.22% of 186,767 all-time
0.79
signature single · Western Ontario Winter 2026
488
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×20.792.73
top 0.22%13 / 7,173
3×36.548.43
top 0.89%89 / 10,392
4×437.3645.13
top 9.1%211 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed17.1920.57
top 13.1%278 / 2,620
Pyraminx5.627.61
top 17.2%698 / 4,858
5×51:28.181:40.10
top 25.8%311 / 1,499
Skewb11.5814.06
top 63.9%1,800 / 2,907

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

Pickering A 2023: 44.20Scarborough Fall B 2023: 25.58Greater Toronto 2024: 19.29Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024: 16.43Appleby Summer 2024: 12.78Ontario Championship 2024: 10.94Pickering Mini Morning 2024: 12.18Kitchener Mini Morning 2024: 11.73Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 13.34Wrap It Up Barrie 2024: 8.89Waterloo Winter 2025: 10.41Mississauga Newcomers B 2025: 9.83Western Ontario Winter 2025: 10.20Pickering Favourites Spring 2025: 8.34Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 9.63Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.06Championnat Canadien 2025: 10.55Waterloo Fall 2025: 7.57Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 7.93Western Ontario Winter 2026: 7.71Ottawa Spring 2026: 7.89Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 8.72Waterloo Spring 2026: 8.94Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 7.52Brampton Summer 2026: 6.546.5444.2018 Mar 202329 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.

  • Morgan Yeh — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Arhaan Sareen — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Tin Huang — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.