People · United States
Daniel Maienshein
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012MAIE01
Daniel Maienshein has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at CCFC BLD Day 2014, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,331st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2012, he has put 336 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.52 in September 2012 to 8.70, a 31% improvement. Daniel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.70 | 10.00 | top 4.2% | 2,331 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 4.85 | top 8.3% | 2,130 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 37.27 | 39.57 | top 9.0% | 1,349 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.46 | 17.68 | top 9.1% | 1,209 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.08 | top 9.7% | 3,826 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.48 | 1:33.90 | top 26.0% | 2,036 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 50.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,076 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at Starlight Open 2014.
- 28 Jun 2014Three personal bests in one day at CCFC BLD Day 2014.
- 15 Feb 2014Five personal bests in one day at Princeton Winter 2014.
- 21 Sep 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at CCFC Fall 2013.
- 21 Sep 2013Five personal bests in one day at CCFC Fall 2013.
- 1 Dec 2012Three personal bests in one day at Levittown Open 2012.
Competitions
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Starlight Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- CCFC BLD Day 2014 · 28 Jun 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Starlight Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013
- CCFC Fall 2013 · 21 Sep 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Monmouth County Open 2013 · 12 Jan 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2012 · 22 Sep 2012
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.
- Zach Goldman — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Dan Selzer — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.