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Daniel Yang

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015YANG05

Daniel Yang has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,854th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2015, he has put 127 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.89 in February 2015 to 10.47, a 68% improvement. Daniel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.47
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023
127
official solves on the record
22%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.4712.80
top 8.9%4,854 / 59,724
4×442.5747.95
top 15.2%2,290 / 19,072
2×23.095.50
top 15.3%5,988 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed20.0729.84
top 20.7%2,647 / 15,683
Pyraminx17.8423.73
top 89.5%26,311 / 28,708

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

BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 32.89Berkeley Fall 2019: 12.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 11.15Berkeley Fall 2022: 10.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 10.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 11.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 10.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 10.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 13.2610.4732.8928 Feb 201527 Apr 2024

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.

  • Heidi Chan — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Stanley Tran — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.