People · Australia
Daniel Lian
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021LIAN12
Daniel Lian has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.20, set at Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2021, he has put 386 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.27 in December 2021 to 7.20, a 30% improvement. Daniel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.20 | 8.43 | top 1.6% | 174 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.94 | 7.61 | top 7.4% | 336 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 3.74 | top 8.1% | 608 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 41.79 | 46.13 | top 14.3% | 352 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 4.65 | 10.00 | top 15.6% | 405 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.13 | 26.11 | top 26.4% | 584 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:44.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,024 / 1,356 |
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
- 6 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022.
- 21 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 19 Dec 2021First competition: December Series: Kensington 2021. A 10.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.