People · Australia
Daniel Smith
Pyraminx · top 19.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022SMIT01
Daniel Smith has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.89, set at Lake Macquarie Open 2025, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 951st in Australia. Across 12 competitions since January 2022, he has put 252 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.21 in January 2022 to 14.80, a 23% improvement. Daniel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 9.80 | top 19.2% | 951 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 14.80 | 17.03 | top 23.7% | 2,165 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 4.48 | 6.31 | top 32.7% | 2,569 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.30 | 1:14.99 | top 39.0% | 1,037 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.85 | — | top 61.9% | 848 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 11.49 | 17.80 | top 63.5% | 2,115 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.03 | 47.46 | top 63.9% | 1,506 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.37 | — | early days — 3 solves | 894 / 1,277 |
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
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.80 at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 7 Jan 2022First competition: Northside Duology Part 1 2022. A 19.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lake Macquarie Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- G'day Maitland 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newcastle Open 2023 · 23 Jul 2023
- Maitland Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Maitland Spring 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Northside Duology Part 1 2022 · 7 Jan 2022
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lachlan Cooke — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Peri Le Dain — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.