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Daniel Mucklow

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009MUCK01

Daniel Mucklow has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at London Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2009, he has put 344 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.94 in November 2009 to 10.01, a 44% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · London Open 2017
344
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.693.31
top 3.0%225 / 4,895
3×310.0111.56
top 7.5%547 / 6,689
4×438.7948.76
top 10.7%253 / 2,071
Megaminx1:03.081:11.54
top 11.6%146 / 966
5×51:18.281:28.95
top 17.8%234 / 1,151
Pyraminx7.4712.37
top 31.8%1,280 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed26.8631.32
top 39.0%693 / 1,851
Clock15.5219.07
top 50.0%660 / 1,232
Square-133.1838.75
top 55.4%479 / 778
6×64:23.474:54.99
top 72.8%421 / 548
7×710:17.00
early days — 1 solve452 / 459

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

Bristol Open 2009: 17.94Bristol Spring 2010: 14.97Guildford Summer Open 2011: 12.68UK Open 2011: 12.61Guildford Open 2017: 10.01Glasgow Spring 2024: 10.6010.0117.9421 Nov 20092 Mar 2024

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.

  • Robert Yau — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Joey Gouly — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Thom Barlow — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 14 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.