People · United States
Isak Danke
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018DANK01
Isak Danke has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,579th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2018, he has put 756 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.15 in December 2018 to 8.90, a 66% improvement. Isak has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.90 | 10.88 | top 4.6% | 2,579 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.38 | 5.51 | top 7.0% | 1,090 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.81 | top 7.1% | 2,838 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.09 | 1:29.23 | top 8.4% | 657 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 229 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 | 38.91 | 41.98 | top 10.9% | 1,609 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 7.26 | 8.08 | top 12.0% | 910 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 15.20 | 17.12 | top 16.9% | 1,142 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.78 | 6.05 | top 18.4% | 4,882 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.88 | 3:09.02 | top 32.9% | 1,175 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.42 | 1:54.16 | top 34.3% | 2,433 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.54 | 32.63 | top 38.2% | 5,066 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 5:23.84 | 5:47.76 | top 57.9% | 1,710 / 3,184 |
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
- 25 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026.
- 12 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025.
- 12 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025.
- 11 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Rochester Fall 2022.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- PBQniversity of Alabama 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- Rochester Fall 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Get to the Point 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Three Attempts Chicago 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha A 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Days 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 14 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 118 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Walker Welch — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.