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Daniel Lee

2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020LEED01

Daniel Lee has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Texas BarbeCubing 2022, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,497th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2020, he has put 45 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.48 in February 2020 to 2.50, a 76% improvement. Daniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.50
signature single · Texas BarbeCubing 2022
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.504.97
top 8.9%3,497 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.859.56
top 35.0%9,881 / 28,708
3×320.4523.37
top 41.2%23,504 / 59,724
4×41:11.031:29.57
top 47.9%7,993 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed57.71
top 82.6%12,321 / 15,683
Megaminx3:47.51
early days — 1 solve7,056 / 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

Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020: 10.48CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022: 6.47Texas BarbeCubing 2022: 2.502.5010.481 Feb 202010 Sep 2022

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.

  • Chris Deng — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ryan Pilat — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Vincent Chen — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.