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Daniel Laurenza

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013LAUR03

Daniel Laurenza has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Battle of Waterloo 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 246th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2013, he has put 697 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.53 in September 2013 to 7.82, a 58% improvement. Daniel has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.82
signature single · Battle of Waterloo 2018
697
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×37.8210.73
top 2.5%246 / 10,392
2×22.063.40
top 5.2%314 / 7,173
Skewb3.565.32
top 8.1%158 / 2,907
Pyraminx4.595.14
top 10.8%392 / 4,858
4×445.1950.31
top 18.5%470 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed23.8729.67
top 31.1%692 / 2,620
5×51:41.951:53.13
top 36.8%460 / 1,499
3×3 blindfolded2:41.75—
top 47.0%169 / 351
Square-132.5039.84
top 54.2%484 / 952
Clock30.9652.80
top 85.6%863 / 1,029
Megaminx4:04.51—
early days — 2 solves1,196 / 1,375
7×79:26.89—
early days — 1 solve474 / 503

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

Battle of Waterloo 2013: 18.53Toronto Open Spring 2014: 16.18Battle of Waterloo 2014: 15.17CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 14.77Toronto Open Summer 2014: 14.02Toronto Open Fall 2014: 13.57Toronto Open Winter 2015: 12.17Toronto Open Spring 2015: 12.49Canadian Open 2015: 12.82Toronto Open Fall 2015: 11.14Newmarket Open 2016: 10.49Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 10.26Newmarket Open 2017: 10.39Battle of Waterloo 2017: 9.36Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 7.87Battle of Waterloo 2018: 7.82Pickering B 2023: 10.837.8218.5329 Sep 201319 Mar 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.