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Daniel Mallinson

3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017MALL09

Daniel Mallinson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.41, set at Cubing at The Cube 2024, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,045th in Australia. Across 11 competitions since June 2017, he has put 204 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.41 in June 2017 to 11.41, a 58% improvement. Daniel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.41
signature single · Cubing at The Cube 2024
204
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×311.4113.13
top 11.8%1,045 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed20.9334.10
top 23.1%522 / 2,659
5×51:29.291:51.10
top 26.7%362 / 1,356
Clock10.9712.39
top 30.0%312 / 1,095
4×454.581:01.55
top 30.2%794 / 3,051
2×24.295.00
top 30.2%2,346 / 8,567
Pyraminx7.3110.55
top 30.4%1,584 / 5,993
Square-126.3945.25
top 42.2%408 / 899
Megaminx2:06.98
top 49.6%602 / 1,277
3×3 blindfolded3:37.58
early days — 2 solves280 / 394
6×64:16.14
early days — 1 solve438 / 641
7×76:14.48
early days — 2 solves337 / 523
Skewb13.0818.05
top 71.0%2,408 / 3,534

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

Sydney Winter 2017: 27.41Koalafication Canberra 2019: 18.21WCA World Championship 2019: 18.37Fortitude Sydney 2019: 15.10Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 16.79Sydney Open 2019: 14.17Cubing at The Cube 2024: 11.41Going Back to the Gong 2024: 12.59NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 12.28Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 12.4311.4127.4117 Jun 20176 Jun 2026

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.

  • Bryan Eng — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Sora Sato — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Kent Thomson — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.