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Dany Yaacoub

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2011 · 2011YAAC01

Dany Yaacoub has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Three Seconds Snakes 2018, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,928th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2011, he has put 493 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.06 in June 2011 to 9.16, a 46% improvement. Dany has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.16
signature single · Three Seconds Snakes 2018
493
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.1611.91
top 5.2%2,928 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.127.84
top 13.9%3,642 / 28,708
2×23.034.84
top 14.6%5,719 / 40,951
4×444.1049.84
top 17.2%2,610 / 19,072
5×51:27.361:45.15
top 25.2%1,965 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed24.8528.74
top 33.8%4,451 / 15,683
Square-146.1655.57
top 72.3%4,759 / 6,743

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

Dixon Open 2011: 17.06Indiana 2011: 13.72Dixon Open 2012: 15.09Indiana 2012: 12.94Dixon Winter 2013: 11.41Dixon Summer 2013: 13.03Dayton Winter 2017: 12.76Mishawaka Winter 2017: 11.40Dixon Spring 2017: 12.08Bulldog Cubing 2017: 10.98ChicaGhosts 2017: 12.32Dixon Winter 2017: 11.07Elk Cubing 2018: 11.63Dixon Spring 2018: 10.44Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 9.16UIUC Spring 2018: 10.77Coach Pigeon 2018: 9.389.1617.0611 Jun 201123 Jun 2018

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.

  • John Brechon — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Joshua Feran — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • CJ Sheng — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 16 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.