People · Canada
Daniel Qin
3×3 · top 0.77% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023QIND01
Daniel Qin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.40, set at White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in Canada. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 114 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.72 in July 2023 to 6.40, a 27% improvement. Daniel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.40 | 8.62 | top 0.77% | 73 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.91 | top 6.8% | 436 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.56 | 18.98 | top 7.2% | 149 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 35.89 | 40.39 | top 7.6% | 176 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.05 | 1:24.80 | top 15.4% | 181 / 1,499 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Maple Ridge Favourites 2025.
- 13 Jul 2023First competition: Canadian Championship 2023. A 9.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kenny Zhong — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Davies — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.