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Danyaal Patel

3×3 · top 65.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016PATE02

Danyaal Patel has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.94, set at Johannesburg Open 2016, puts him in the top 65.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,127th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since February 2016, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.56 in February 2016 to 31.94, a 27% improvement. Danyaal has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 65.8% of 284,439 all-time
31.94
signature single · Johannesburg Open 2016
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×331.9435.19
top 65.8%1,127 / 2,164
2×28.1810.55
top 68.9%821 / 1,510
3×3 one-handed1:14.881:29.14
top 90.8%376 / 467

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

Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2016: 43.56Johannesburg Open 2016: 31.9431.9443.5613 Feb 201619 Jun 2016

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.