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Daniel Ng

5×5 · top 0.23% of 40,792 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022NGDA01

Daniel Ng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 40.96, set at Please Don't Pop Austin 2024, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Singapore. Until July 2017, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2022, he has put 692 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:11.91 in March 2023 to 40.96, a 43% improvement. Daniel has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.23% of 40,792 all-time
40.96
signature single · Please Don't Pop Austin 2024
692
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSingapore
5×540.9651.72
top 0.23%4 / 251
4×425.0430.14
top 0.71%12 / 462
6×61:25.871:35.08
top 1.3%9 / 125
3×37.978.62
top 2.7%82 / 1,546
7×72:45.812:56.30
top 6.7%18 / 96
3×3 one-handed15.6921.14
top 9.5%67 / 460
Square-113.1718.36
top 12.3%30 / 132
2×22.983.83
top 14.0%188 / 1,053
3×3 blindfolded1:57.50—
top 32.7%33 / 81
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.33
top 37.3%45 / 94
Megaminx1:45.58—
top 37.9%107 / 195
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 11:15—
early days — 1 solve20 / 35

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

Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 1:11.91UoSM Cube Day 2023: 1:05.59UTM Speedcubing Open 2023: 1:05.62Singapore Special 2023: 58.89Singapore Max 2023: 57.00MYHM Indonesian Championship 2023: 55.61Thailand Championship 2023: 54.83Singapore Masters 2023: 53.80MYHM Singapore Championship 2024: 53.92Please Don't Pop Austin 2024: 40.96Singapore Max 2024: 48.21Bali Discovery Speedcubing Masters 2024: 44.80Singapore Hougang Open 2024: 46.77Mega Time Singapore 2024: 49.34Cool Down Singapore 2024: 52.28Odd July Singapore 2026: 47.6540.961:11.9110 Mar 202312 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 5×5. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.