People · United States
Daniel Otto
Clock · top 85.8% of 32,817 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025OTTO01
Daniel Otto has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 31.17, set at Race the Clock MN 2025, puts him in the top 85.8% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,837th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, he has put 47 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:11.37 in May 2025 to 59.11, a 17% improvement. Daniel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 31.17 | 37.68 | top 85.8% | 7,837 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 59.11 | 1:06.04 | top 91.2% | 56,472 / 60,666 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-60 3×3: 59.11 at Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026.
- 10 May 2025First competition: Moorhead Madness 2025. A 1:11.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Grand Forks 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Fast in Fargo 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock MN 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Forks 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Minnesota Slice 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Moorhead Madness 2025 · 10 May 2025
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.
- Lisa Kucala — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joe Kucala — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Otto — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 Clock single — 27,657 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
- A sub-50 3×3 single — 248,268 people have one; it is 9.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.