People · United States
Daniel Orband
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ORBA01
Daniel Orband has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.63, set at WPI Winter 2024, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,106th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2018, he has put 147 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.56 in April 2018 to 10.63, a 43% improvement. Daniel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.63 | 12.89 | top 9.4% | 5,106 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.57 | 4.66 | top 21.1% | 8,252 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.50 | 12.00 | top 37.5% | 6,398 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.79 | 40.10 | top 43.9% | 5,920 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.58 | 1:28.66 | top 49.4% | 8,279 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.78 | 21.80 | top 84.5% | 24,903 / 28,708 |
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
- 1 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Burke Mountain Cubing 2019.
- 14 Apr 2018First competition: Midcoast Cubing 2018. A 22.56 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.56 at Midcoast Cubing 2018.
Competitions
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Cubing 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018
- Midcoast Cubing 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 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.
- Derek White — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tim Kwartler — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Donahue — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.