People · Ukraine
Daniel Novogran
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024NOVO03
Daniel Novogran has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Little LeideNxN 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2024, he has put 438 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.24 in November 2024 to 8.10, a 21% improvement. Daniel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 10.29 | top 3.0% | 90 / 2,868 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.05 | 8.42 | top 13.5% | 240 / 1,471 | |
| 4×4 | 41.45 | 48.74 | top 13.8% | 121 / 867 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 6.40 | top 18.7% | 349 / 1,894 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.38 | 1:43.88 | top 34.9% | 168 / 425 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.37 | 35.55 | top 49.8% | 406 / 755 | |
| 6×6 | 3:49.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 112 / 169 |
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
- 10 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Little LeideNxN 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Leersum Squared 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Alphen Cubing 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024First competition: Dutch Nationals 2024. A 14.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Meppel Mayhem 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Breda Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Pakje Open in Lent 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Little LeideNxN 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 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.
- Andrey Che — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Veerle Melis — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.