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Daniel Yuchen Zhang

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ZHAN56

Daniel Yuchen Zhang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since November 2022, he has put 967 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.87 in November 2022 to 9.07, a 71% improvement. Daniel has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.35
signature single · Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026
967
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.353.71
top 1.5%145 / 8,567
3×39.0710.73
top 5.0%470 / 11,709
4×437.2242.80
top 8.9%230 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed17.1722.27
top 13.0%296 / 2,659
Pyraminx5.507.09
top 16.4%796 / 5,993
5×51:17.111:25.46
top 16.9%223 / 1,356
Megaminx1:12.431:17.21
top 17.1%204 / 1,277
Clock10.8814.56
top 29.5%306 / 1,095
Skewb7.089.19
top 34.3%968 / 3,534
Square-134.9758.06
top 58.3%567 / 899
6×64:11.39—
early days — 3 solves423 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves—
early days — 1 solve418 / 468

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

Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 30.87Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 23.91Melbourne Summer 2023: 21.67Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 17.58Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 17.80Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 21.06Victorian Open 2023: 17.07Queensland Open 2023: 20.13U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023: 13.97Australian Nationals 2023: 14.76QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023: 16.04Sydney Summer 2023: 11.95Brisbane Summer 2024: 11.54Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 10.66Wide Bay Cubing 2024: 11.46Queensland Open 2024: 9.89Australian Nationals 2024: 9.32Chilling in Toowoomba 2024: 11.61MarsdeNxN 2024: 10.46Speedy Southport 2024: 10.55Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 10.00Brisbane Summer 2025: 11.12Brisbane Newcomers 2025: 10.06QLD State Championship 2025: 10.03NSW State Championship 2025: 9.96Toowoomba Twist Off 2025: 10.28Wide Bay Cubing 2025: 11.15Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2025: 9.07Australian Nationals 2025: 9.72Speedy Southport 2025: 9.53Melbourne Summer 2026: 10.64Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026: 9.689.0730.8712 Nov 20227 Jun 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.

  • Jamie Otsu — met in 172 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Kyle Jones — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Connor Theodore — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 25 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.