People · United States
Daniel Ujifusa
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024UJIF01
Daniel Ujifusa has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at La La Land 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,684th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 89 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Daniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 10.57 | top 3.0% | 1,684 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 5.45 | top 14.2% | 5,587 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 46.19 | 54.14 | top 19.8% | 3,010 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.44 | 39.35 | top 49.9% | 6,881 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:30.88 | 2:38.14 | top 61.5% | 4,640 / 7,841 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: La La Land 2024. A 10.05 3×3 single to start from.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.10 at La La Land 2024.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Zhai Phifer — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kate Grahame — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.