People · United States
Daniel Marino
Pyraminx · top 6.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016MARI16
Daniel Marino has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.83, set at Orono Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,750th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2016, he has put 170 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.04 in November 2016 to 9.95, a 42% improvement. Daniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.83 | 7.02 | top 6.9% | 1,750 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 12.13 | top 7.3% | 4,020 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.53 | top 16.1% | 6,312 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.99 | 6.62 | top 18.0% | 2,858 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,697 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Orono Open 2025.
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Connect Community 2018.
- 26 Feb 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016First competition: Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016. A 17.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Orono Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- BA Four 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
- Quabbin Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Maybe Melrose Spring 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
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.
- Derek White — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Spencer Andersen — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Paul Taylor — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.