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Daniel Patton

2×2 · top 9.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019PATT06

Daniel Patton has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at Perth Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 679th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since May 2019, he has put 1,406 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.54 in May 2019 to 13.83, a 44% improvement. Daniel has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.51
signature single · Perth Autumn 2023
1,406
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.516.10
top 9.0%679 / 8,567
Pyraminx5.1810.24
top 14.3%683 / 5,993
Skewb5.1411.64
top 19.3%503 / 3,534
3×313.8315.44
top 20.4%1,819 / 11,709
Clock9.4011.31
top 22.0%249 / 1,095
4×450.6859.04
top 25.6%647 / 3,051
Square-121.0727.85
top 30.4%294 / 899
3×3 blindfolded2:54.09—
top 50.8%236 / 394
3×3 one-handed32.2541.56
top 51.7%1,206 / 2,659
Megaminx2:16.182:30.72
top 54.4%679 / 1,277
5×52:23.68—
top 62.9%867 / 1,356

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

Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 24.54December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 17.90Melbourne Summer 2022: 16.18Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 17.55Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 16.35Apollo Bay Cubing 2022: 18.51Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 17.89Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 20.83Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 14.28Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 18.10Perth Autumn 2023: 14.78Apollo Bay Cubing 2023: 17.70Victorian Open 2023: 16.92Geelong Winter 2023: 16.31Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 17.65Australian Nationals 2023: 16.98Mildura Madness 2023: 17.81Tassie Summer 2024: 16.46Melbourne Summer 2024: 15.19Altona Algorithms 2024: 15.44Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 17.40Australian Nationals 2024: 17.06Geelong Winter 2024: 17.67Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024: 15.90Nimble Newborough 2024: 14.86Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 13.83Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 16.91Tassie Summer 2025: 15.76Melbourne Summer 2025: 15.42Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 16.79Solving in Sale 2025: 16.83Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 15.36Spark Melbourne July 2025: 16.42Geelong Winter 2025: 14.99Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025: 15.29Apollo Bay Cubing 2025: 15.70Northern Territory Championship 2025: 15.31Nimble Newborough 2025: 15.58Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 14.38Melbourne Summer 2026: 16.55Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 17.27West Melbourne Open 2026: 14.26Australian Nationals 2026: 16.75Geelong Winter 2026: 15.4713.8324.5418 May 201929 Aug 2026

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 0.51 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.