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Daniel Phan

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019PHAN01

Daniel Phan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Cubing in the 6ix 2019, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 430th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2019, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.67 in February 2019 to 8.82, a 17% improvement. Daniel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.82
signature single · Cubing in the 6ix 2019
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.8210.05
top 4.5%430 / 10,392
2×23.654.31
top 22.1%1,476 / 7,173
4×449.311:10.37
top 23.9%608 / 3,118

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

Return to Toronto 2019: 10.67Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 8.828.8210.672 Feb 201924 Aug 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.