People · Romania
Daniel Tartar
3×3 · top 4.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022TART02
Daniel Tartar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Wisconsin on Ice 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in Romania. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2022, he has put 264 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.55 in December 2022 to 8.64, a 63% improvement. Daniel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 10.70 | top 4.1% | 50 / 1,581 | |
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 3.12 | top 4.4% | 64 / 1,219 | |
| Skewb | 3.82 | 10.58 | top 9.7% | 29 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 43.97 | 49.96 | top 17.1% | 69 / 582 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.19 | 33.72 | top 39.9% | 131 / 415 | |
| Square-1 | 25.90 | 28.34 | top 41.3% | 65 / 159 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.64 | 15.40 | top 57.9% | 469 / 830 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wisconsin on Ice 2026.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.10 at Muske-GO 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Muske-GO 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.78 at West Side Cube Clash 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at West Side Cube Clash 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at West Side Cube Clash 2023.
Competitions
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Machesney Park Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall Favorites A 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Muske-GO 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall Mini A 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- West Side Cube Clash 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022 · 3 Dec 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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeke Mackay — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.