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Danny Song
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SONG18
Danny Song has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.29, set at Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,019th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2023, he has put 337 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.74 in September 2023 to 7.29, a 32% improvement. Danny has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.29 | 8.81 | top 1.7% | 1,019 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 3.47 | top 3.2% | 1,236 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.28 | 1:11.87 | top 6.8% | 544 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 41.69 | 44.80 | top 14.1% | 2,101 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 2:21.88 | 2:23.89 | top 21.4% | 762 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.63 | 26.14 | top 25.0% | 3,223 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 4:04.03 | 4:26.75 | top 32.3% | 903 / 3,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.72 | 11.23 | top 33.9% | 9,562 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.39 | 13.43 | top 36.7% | 6,258 / 18,907 |
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
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Temecula Valley Fall 2024.
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Temecula Valley Spring 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nub Open Yucaipa 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at USC Cubing 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at UCSD Extravaganza 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Corona Summer 2023. A 11.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- University Heights Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- August Barnard — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.