People · Australia
Daniel McDonald
2×2 · top 4.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017MCDO06
Daniel McDonald has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at Sydney Championship 2017, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 350th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2017, he has put 233 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.84 in December 2017 to 9.47, a 44% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.40 | top 4.5% | 350 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 11.26 | top 6.1% | 560 / 11,943 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.93 | 19.09 | top 10.1% | 233 / 2,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.89 | 7.11 | top 12.5% | 598 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 42.17 | 47.73 | top 14.8% | 378 / 3,108 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.89 | 1:18.79 | top 15.6% | 192 / 1,313 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.83 | 1:29.80 | top 19.9% | 275 / 1,412 | |
| Skewb | 6.21 | 6.80 | top 27.5% | 760 / 3,589 | |
| 6×6 | 3:39.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 370 / 667 | |
| Square-1 | 43.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 672 / 920 |
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
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2024.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at NSW Open 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at NSW Open 2022.
- 22 May 2021Four personal bests in one day at Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021.
- 11 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Odd Day in Sydney 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017First competition: Sydney Championship 2017. A 17.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- G'day Maitland 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Championship 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kent Thomson — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peri Le Dain — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.