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Don Daniels
Pyraminx · top 0.34% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022DANI10
Don Daniels has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 115th in the United States. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2022, he has put 641 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.93 in September 2022 to 7.89, a 64% improvement. Don has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.43 | 1.91 | top 0.34% | 115 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 7.89 | 9.49 | top 2.6% | 1,505 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 2.52 | 5.45 | top 3.0% | 449 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 2.30 | top 3.9% | 1,513 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.19 | 18.27 | top 10.7% | 1,416 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 17.64 | 29.26 | top 22.5% | 1,486 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 54.85 | 1:00.72 | top 30.6% | 4,816 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.89 at Space City Winter 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Space City Winter 2024.
- 28 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.39 at STEM Cube Open Penang 2023.
- 28 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at STEM Cube Open Penang 2023.
- 18 Sep 2022First competition: Hanoi Open 2022. A 21.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Georgetown Favorite Event Day 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Temple Qualifier 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Weeknights 1 2026 · 17 Feb 2026
- New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026 · 1 Feb 2026
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oklahoma Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Andina Speedcubing 2024 · 15 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Glacier National Park Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- STEM Cube Open Penang 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hanoi Open 2022 · 18 Sep 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Casey Ngo — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ray Bai — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.