People · Hong Kong, China
Daniel Wan
2×2 · top 0.68% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023YATD01
Daniel Wan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.06, set at Bolton Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2023, he has put 702 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.01 in October 2023 to 7.69, a 49% improvement. Daniel has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.06 | 2.75 | top 0.68% | 8 / 855 | |
| 3×3 | 7.69 | 8.91 | top 2.3% | 56 / 1,347 | |
| 4×4 | 37.47 | 40.35 | top 9.2% | 74 / 423 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.24 | 1:12.13 | top 9.8% | 47 / 192 | |
| Skewb | 4.04 | 6.42 | top 11.2% | 43 / 285 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 8.53 | top 16.1% | 104 / 431 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.32 | 24.64 | top 26.9% | 158 / 361 | |
| Clock | 13.11 | 14.64 | top 40.1% | 90 / 156 |
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
- 15 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.35 at Crewe Winter 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Crewe Winter 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Manchester August 2024.
- 31 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.14 at Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024.
- 31 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023First competition: Hong Kong Championship 2023. A 15.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026 · 25 May 2026
- Liverpool Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Crewe Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Favourites II 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester October 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Crewe Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Spring 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Spring 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Crewe Favourites 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester August 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Manchester June 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024 · 31 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
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.
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benjamin Espinosa — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Vi Dinh — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.