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Dániel Székely

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014SZEK01

Dániel Székely has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at Eger Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Hungary. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2014, he has put 1,764 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.25 in October 2014 to 1.28, a 76% improvement. He has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.28
signature single · Eger Open 2017
1,764
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
2×21.282.57
top 1.3%28 / 919
Skewb2.083.28
top 1.6%7 / 324
4×430.0436.63
top 2.9%18 / 509
3×38.4710.61
top 3.7%50 / 1,226
Pyraminx3.576.49
top 5.8%47 / 495
Square-111.1514.78
top 8.3%11 / 167
5×51:07.561:16.01
top 10.0%28 / 315
Megaminx1:06.441:20.02
top 13.6%25 / 190
3×3 blindfolded1:06.16
top 15.0%12 / 102
3×3 one-handed18.1821.44
top 15.5%78 / 445
6×62:28.452:41.38
top 24.8%29 / 130
7×73:55.584:16.97
top 29.0%27 / 116

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

Hungarian Open 2014: 5.25Hungarian Nationals 2015: 3.05Hungarian Open 2015: 3.42Hungarian Nationals 2016: 3.03European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 2.40Hungarian Open 2016: 2.34Hungarian Nationals 2017: 2.06Eger Open 2017: 1.28Hungarian Open 2017: 1.55Pécs Open 2017: 2.26Osijek Open 2018: 1.69Slovakian Cube Day 2018: 2.21WCA European Championship 2018: 2.25Hungarian Open 2018: 2.58Budapest Open 2019: 2.08Slovakian Spring 2019: 1.93Hungarian Summer 2019: 2.28Hungarian Open 2019: 2.05Budapest Open 2020: 1.59Budapest ReOpen 2022: 2.36Budapest Spring 2024: 1.95Budapest Summer 2024: 2.00Hungarian Open 2024: 1.831.285.2517 Oct 20141 Nov 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.