People · United Kingdom
Daniyal Alam
2×2 · top 21.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ALAM03
Daniyal Alam has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.60, set at Edinburgh Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 21.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,207th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since March 2023, he has put 204 official solves on the record across seven 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 Pyraminx best has come down from 13.79 in March 2023 to 7.82, a 43% improvement. Daniyal has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 6.54 | top 21.4% | 1,207 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 6.98 | 9.00 | top 33.5% | 787 / 2,421 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.82 | 9.56 | top 34.7% | 1,394 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 21.65 | 25.32 | top 44.5% | 3,081 / 6,689 | |
| Clock | 15.63 | 20.50 | top 50.4% | 666 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.03 | 1:43.11 | top 65.9% | 1,449 / 2,071 | |
| Square-1 | 43.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 559 / 778 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 30 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.78 at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Edinburgh Spring 2023. A 39.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 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.
- Shiraz Malik — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Hayden Wallace — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.