People · United States
Daniel Shell
2×2 · top 37.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025SHEL10
Daniel Shell has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.81, set at Lexington Winter 2025, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,009th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Daniel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.81 | 9.70 | top 37.0% | 15,009 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.81 | 13.76 | top 43.2% | 12,567 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 22.87 | 29.45 | top 47.7% | 28,069 / 60,666 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-30 3×3: 22.87 at Cubing the Coast MS 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025First competition: Lexington Winter 2025. A 50.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing the Coast MS 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Winter 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
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.
- Sujan Feist — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac DeJean — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Benjamin Steven Myers — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.