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Daniel W. Watson

3×3 · top 52.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018WATS02

Daniel W. Watson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.74, set at Skyline Open 2018, puts him in the top 52.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,429th in the United States. Across 1 competition since January 2018, he has put 11 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 52.0% of 284,439 all-time
24.74
signature single · Skyline Open 2018
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×324.7429.88
top 52.0%30,429 / 59,724
2×28.019.02
top 67.9%28,013 / 40,951
Square-148.02
early days — 2 solves4,899 / 6,743

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 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.

  • Mitch Smoot — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Jerod Foster — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Ethan Cho — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.74 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.