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Daniel Lo

4×4 · top 21.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005LODA01

Daniel Lo has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 47.31, set at Skyline Open 2018, puts him in the top 21.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,221st in the United States. Across 46 competitions since October 2005, he has put 388 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.29 in October 2005 to 14.30, a 57% improvement. Daniel has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 21.2% of 83,917 all-time
47.31
signature single · Skyline Open 2018
388
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×447.3158.53
top 21.2%3,221 / 19,072
3×314.3016.32
top 22.0%11,902 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves47.33
top 33.6%738 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed25.9632.07
top 36.7%4,870 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded2:29.522:41.71
top 43.0%915 / 2,092
Megaminx2:00.572:16.29
top 46.0%3,384 / 7,841
5×52:00.992:14.46
top 49.8%4,181 / 9,401
6×63:49.583:59.67
top 62.1%2,401 / 4,196
Pyraminx13.0216.35
top 73.0%21,648 / 28,708
7×76:27.686:42.47
top 73.9%2,291 / 3,184
Clock25.2829.75
top 77.2%6,775 / 8,927
2×214.2416.93
top 89.3%37,105 / 40,951
Skewb28.0543.83
top 96.4%18,446 / 18,907
Square-12:45.924:05.70
early days — 3 solves6,745 / 6,743

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

Caltech Fall competition 2005: 33.29Rutgers Fall competition 2005: 26.52Caltech Winter competition 2006: 25.78Caltech Spring competition 2006: 24.37San Diego competition 2006: 22.48US Nationals 2006: 20.93Caltech Fall competition 2006: 22.60Caltech Winter competition 2007: 17.77Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 20.85San Diego competition 2007: 22.64US Open 2007: 17.93Caltech Summer competition 2007: 16.48Caltech Fall competition 2007: 20.11Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 19.37Cornell Open Spring 2012: 21.34United States National Championships 2012: 21.82Cornell Open Spring 2013: 18.03World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.06Cornell Open Spring 2014: 18.59US Nationals 2014: 15.69MIT Fall 2014: 14.30Puget Sound Open 2015: 17.96Puget Sound Spring 2016: 16.66US Nationals 2016: 15.53Puget Sound Winter 2017: 16.44SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 16.51Puget Sound Fall 2017: 16.07Puget Sound Valentine 2018: 14.60 Bellevue Cubing Afternoon 2025: 15.3814.3033.2922 Oct 200513 Sep 2025

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-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.31 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.