People · United States
Daud Malik
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017MALI02
Daud Malik has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Cincinnati Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,170th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2017, he has put 304 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 15.89 in June 2017 to 2.10, an 87% improvement. Daud has entered 15 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 4.56 | top 5.4% | 2,170 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.79 | 16.00 | top 13.2% | 7,060 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.20 | 10.60 | top 29.5% | 8,174 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.96 | 17.95 | top 54.7% | 9,920 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.57 | 52.03 | top 75.4% | 10,957 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 27.04 | — | top 80.3% | 7,097 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15,219 / 19,072 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ohio Championship 2025.
- 19 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swoop in Again Oxford 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at Flex in Lex 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mason Cube Challenge 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023.
- 2 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.26 at Arnold Classic North America 2019.
Competitions
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mason Cube Challenge 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swoop in Again Oxford 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing by the Kings 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Flex in Lex 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mason Cube Challenge 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022 · 30 Oct 2022
- Flag City Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Arnold Classic North America 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing For LLS Fall 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Steven Wintringham — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Nankervis — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.