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Daniel Pavelich

4×4 · top 1.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015PAVE01

Daniel Pavelich has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.83, set at Washtenaw Winter 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 222nd in the United States. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 71 competitions since December 2015, he has put 2,816 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.00 in December 2015 to 7.71, a 77% improvement. Daniel has entered 71 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.3% of 83,917 all-time
26.83
signature single · Washtenaw Winter 2025
2,816
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×426.8334.05
top 1.3%222 / 19,072
Skewb2.183.58
top 1.9%273 / 18,907
3×37.718.92
top 2.3%1,345 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.634.60
top 2.5%672 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed12.4017.42
top 3.5%537 / 15,683
5×556.761:00.87
top 4.0%333 / 9,401
6×61:40.241:50.04
top 4.1%147 / 4,196
7×72:32.912:43.00
top 4.2%114 / 3,184
Megaminx48.2153.76
top 4.4%307 / 7,841
2×22.093.31
top 5.4%2,134 / 40,951
Square-19.9714.60
top 6.0%442 / 6,743
Clock6.688.08
top 9.8%759 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded3:36.86—
top 62.7%1,311 / 2,092

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

Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 34.00Shaker Heights 2016: 28.65Summit City Open 2016: 27.25Petoskey Cubing 2016: 25.80Michigan 2016: 27.24Shaker Fall 2016: 27.28Mishawaka Winter 2017: 23.65Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 14.85Shaker Spring 2017: 20.05Cat and Mouse 2017: 19.98Queen City 2017: 17.95Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 18.81CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 15.14Petoskey Cubing 2017: 14.25Michigan 2017: 14.14Glass City Open 2017: 16.72Wildcat Holiday 2017: 17.59Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 16.78Husky Showdown 2018: 17.87Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 14.02CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 13.92Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 14.07Michigan 2018: 13.67Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 13.04Flag City Fall 2018: 13.61Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 12.23Imagination Station 2018: 16.52Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 13.76Blue Water Winter 2019: 12.13Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 11.49Battle for Toledo 2019: 9.83CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.47Michigan 2019: 10.27Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 11.76Imagination Station 2020: 12.06Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 8.13Bulldog Winter 2022: 9.29Gem City 2022: 9.76Port Huron Speedcubing 2022: 10.06Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 9.62Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 8.76Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 9.12Howland Returns 2022: 8.56CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 9.30Bulldog Winter 2023: 8.20Washtenaw Winter 2023: 9.05Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 8.87Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023: 9.50Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 8.40Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 9.05Rapidly Grand 2023: 8.69CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 9.46Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 8.47Washtenaw Newcomers 2024: 7.95Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 8.94Michigan Championship 2024: 8.70Washtenaw Summer 2024: 8.04Washtenaw Fall 2024: 8.15Michigan Mini 24 2024: 9.61Washtenaw Winter 2025: 9.14Green Winter 2025: 8.75Bowling Green 2025: 8.25Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.34Michigan Championship 2025: 8.63Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025: 7.71CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 7.767.7134.0019 Dec 20155 Jun 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.