People · United States
Daniel Ren
3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025REND03
Daniel Ren has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.59, set at DFW Cubing Spring 2026, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,706th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since May 2025, he has put 383 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.59 in May 2025 to 11.59, a 21% improvement. Daniel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.59 | 15.35 | top 12.5% | 6,706 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 4.97 | top 17.3% | 6,774 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 9.02 | 10.45 | top 20.1% | 1,542 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.51 | 10.96 | top 23.9% | 6,503 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.90 | 1:15.32 | top 42.7% | 7,029 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.43 | 34.66 | top 42.9% | 5,789 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 8.94 | 12.97 | top 48.0% | 8,530 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.34 | 2:31.58 | top 56.0% | 4,200 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 35.68 | 42.93 | top 59.5% | 3,936 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.29 | — | top 71.4% | 6,301 / 9,401 |
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
- 11 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2026.
- 5 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Back to School 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
Competitions
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jose Ortiz Jr. — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.