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Daniel Schmitt

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SCHM07

Daniel Schmitt has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 272nd in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since July 2023, he has put 1,385 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.61 in July 2023 to 8.30, a 47% improvement. Daniel has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.30
signature single · Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025
1,385
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×38.3010.47
top 3.3%272 / 6,689
4×431.6437.43
top 3.9%101 / 2,071
2×21.893.15
top 4.1%294 / 4,895
Clock5.787.08
top 6.5%93 / 1,232
5×51:03.911:09.01
top 7.7%100 / 1,151
Pyraminx4.207.24
top 8.7%336 / 3,656
6×62:02.932:13.41
top 12.2%78 / 548
7×73:23.753:35.33
top 17.6%78 / 459
Megaminx1:14.111:35.82
top 18.1%213 / 966
3×3 one-handed19.2823.30
top 18.6%352 / 1,851
Skewb6.569.90
top 30.2%714 / 2,421
Square-126.7536.63
top 42.9%377 / 778
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves47.33
top 51.8%210 / 372

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

Edinburgh Summer 2023: 15.61Glasgow Autumn 2023: 14.60Edinburgh Winter 2024: 9.68Glasgow Spring 2024: 12.57Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 8.62Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024: 10.86Edinburgh Winter 2025: 11.11Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025: 10.72Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025: 8.30Stevenage April 2025: 9.91Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 10.93Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025: 9.61Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.44Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 9.71Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025: 10.25Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 8.99Edinburgh Winter 2026: 9.46Falkirk Open 2026: 9.19Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026: 10.43Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026: 10.83Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 9.08Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026: 9.93York Summer 2026: 9.37Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 8.548.3015.6115 Jul 202328 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.