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Daniel Pan Chu

2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CHUD05

Daniel Pan Chu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,211th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.84 in May 2022 to 21.75, a 38% improvement. Daniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.42
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2022
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.426.49
top 8.1%3,211 / 40,951
3×321.7524.27
top 44.8%25,796 / 59,724
Pyraminx13.1915.63
top 73.9%21,912 / 28,708
Skewb16.9530.14
top 83.8%16,101 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:30.79
early days — 2 solves14,742 / 15,683

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

River Hill Spring 2022: 34.84Dunkirk Spring A 2022: 26.01Pretzel Mania 2022: 21.7521.7534.8414 May 20223 Sep 2022

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.