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Daniel Marc Walker
2×2 · top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025WALK05
Daniel Marc Walker has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at NOLA Cube Fest 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 753rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 55 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.79 in March 2025 to 10.26, a 72% improvement. Daniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.43 | 5.83 | top 1.9% | 753 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 12.53 | top 8.3% | 4,617 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.34 | 14.49 | top 39.2% | 11,378 / 29,168 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at NOLA Cube Fest 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at NOLA Cube Fest 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 18.02 at Cajun Cube Clash 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.02 at Cajun Cube Clash 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025. A 36.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NOLA Cube Fest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- South East Louisiana Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Seth Talbot — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ordway Persyn — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nayan Sai Janumpally — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.