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Daniel Tidsey

2×2 · top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016TIDS01

Daniel Tidsey has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at Doncaster Open 2020, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2016, he has put 1,079 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.75 in July 2016 to 6.92, a 71% improvement. Daniel has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time
1.18
signature single · Doncaster Open 2020
1,079
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.182.14
top 0.98%83 / 4,895
3×36.927.87
top 1.2%100 / 6,689
Skewb1.973.05
top 1.3%33 / 2,421
3×3 blindfolded21.7029.68
top 1.9%9 / 311
Pyraminx2.814.50
top 3.0%117 / 3,656
Square-18.7511.74
top 4.1%42 / 778
4×432.6038.73
top 4.7%122 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed13.8817.98
top 5.9%117 / 1,851
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 16 cubes · 50:23—
top 7.1%16 / 126
Clock6.948.47
top 10.7%143 / 1,232
5×51:12.221:16.67
top 13.2%178 / 1,151
Megaminx1:07.361:16.87
top 14.1%178 / 966
4×4 blindfolded4:14.066:42.69
top 16.3%23 / 84
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves48.33
top 17.4%82 / 372
6×62:50.793:07.45
top 36.5%212 / 548
7×74:46.894:53.63
top 46.8%228 / 459
5×5 blindfolded17:28.00—
early days — 1 solve30 / 50

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

Macclesfield Open 2016: 23.75August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 24.30Birmingham Open 2016: 14.82Manchester Open 2017: 15.80London Open 2017: 11.68UK Championship 2017: 10.77Manchester Open 2018: 10.20Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 8.81UK Championship 2018: 7.71Manchester Open 2019: 8.13Chester Open 2019: 8.01British Summer Open 2019: 8.77Leeds Open 2019: 8.23UK Championship 2019: 8.24Doncaster Open 2020: 7.47Manchester Open 2020: 6.926.9224.3030 Jul 201614 Mar 2020

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.