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Daniel Welsh

3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022WELS02

Daniel Welsh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.52, set at Calgary Spring 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 601st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2022, he has put 377 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in July 2022 to 9.52, a 45% improvement. Daniel has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time
9.52
signature single · Calgary Spring 2026
377
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.5213.12
top 6.2%601 / 10,502
2×23.075.36
top 15.1%1,028 / 7,245
3×3 blindfolded1:23.072:04.35
top 20.7%67 / 362
4×448.0053.77
top 22.2%577 / 3,180
Pyraminx6.378.92
top 22.8%982 / 4,913
5×51:30.151:35.56
top 27.5%345 / 1,546
Skewb6.3010.08
top 28.2%683 / 2,928
7×74:22.364:37.78
top 38.5%158 / 519
6×62:55.933:07.82
top 39.1%198 / 683
Megaminx2:05.852:28.70
top 49.2%569 / 1,393
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 2 solves158 / 284
3×3 one-handed32.8037.47
top 53.0%1,245 / 2,632
Square-134.0143.25
top 56.9%521 / 973
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 15:39—
early days — 2 solves102 / 116
4×4 blindfolded19:31.00—
early days — 1 solve54 / 61

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

Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 17.19Edmonton Summer Twist 2022: 15.58Sylvan Solves 2022: 17.10Welcome Back Calgary 2023: 12.57Solved Central Alberta 2023: 13.73Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 14.03Foothills NxNs 2023: 11.62Airdrie NxNs 2024: 14.92Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 12.16Calgary Summer B 2025: 10.40Crossfield Fall 2025: 12.50Calgary Spring 2026: 9.52Calgary Fall 2026: 12.46Lethbridge Favourites 2026: 11.269.5217.1930 Jul 202219 Sep 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.