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Daniel Shin

3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016SHIN06

Daniel Shin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Berkeley Summer 2018, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,409th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2016, he has put 84 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. Daniel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.19
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2018
84
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.1912.31
top 8.0%4,409 / 59,724
4×458.961:12.57
top 35.4%5,694 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed30.3935.56
top 47.5%6,475 / 15,683
2×25.7610.55
top 48.3%19,578 / 40,951

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

Lexington Summer 2016: 10.71Sharon Summer 2016: 11.27Upstate Cubing 2018: 12.52Berkeley Summer 2018: 10.19Berkeley Fall 2018: 11.83Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 10.6010.1912.5225 Jun 201610 Mar 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 8.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.