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Daniel Pfennighaus

3×3 · top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PFEN01

Daniel Pfennighaus has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.02, set at Pretzel Mania 2023, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,485th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2022, he has put 73 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.30 in July 2022 to 12.02, a 58% improvement. Daniel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.02
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2023
73
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.0216.16
top 14.0%7,485 / 59,724
2×23.454.60
top 19.6%7,678 / 40,951
Skewb6.078.34
top 26.2%4,276 / 18,907
Pyraminx7.679.19
top 33.4%9,423 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed25.8836.34
top 36.5%4,834 / 15,683
4×41:29.33
early days — 2 solves11,050 / 19,072
Clock22.11
early days — 1 solve6,073 / 8,927
5×52:41.932:57.94
top 71.3%6,285 / 9,401
Megaminx3:04.50
early days — 2 solves5,941 / 7,841

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

New York Championship 2022: 28.30Pretzel Mania 2023: 12.0212.0228.302 Jul 202225 Feb 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.