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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.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.70
signature single · CCFC BLD Day 2014
336
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.7010.00
top 4.2%2,331 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.134.85
top 8.3%2,130 / 28,708
4×437.2739.57
top 9.0%1,349 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.4617.68
top 9.1%1,209 / 15,683
2×22.583.08
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
5×51:28.481:33.90
top 26.0%2,036 / 9,401
Square-150.65
early days — 2 solves5,076 / 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

Princeton Fall 2012: 12.52Levittown Open 2012: 12.09Monmouth County Open 2013: 11.47Princeton Spring 2013: 11.55CCFC Fall 2013: 9.34Starlight Open 2013: 10.21Princeton Winter 2014: 8.83CCFC BLD Day 2014: 8.70Starlight Open 2014: 8.95Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 9.37Doylestown Spring 2015: 9.428.7012.5222 Sep 201225 Apr 2015

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-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.