People · United States
Isak Danke
3×3 · top 4.7% of 288,433 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 4.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,636th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2018, he has put 829 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 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 22 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 4.7% | 2,636 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.38 | 5.42 | top 7.1% | 1,110 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.81 | top 7.2% | 2,894 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.09 | 1:29.23 | top 8.5% | 671 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 6.69 | 8.08 | top 9.8% | 778 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 231 / 2,059 | |
| 4×4 | 38.91 | 41.98 | top 10.9% | 1,642 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.38 | 6.05 | top 15.6% | 4,181 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 14.90 | 17.12 | top 16.3% | 1,114 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 3:54.65 | 4:19.52 | top 28.7% | 816 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.35 | 3:09.02 | top 32.7% | 1,176 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.42 | 1:54.16 | top 34.4% | 2,494 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.54 | 32.63 | top 38.3% | 5,154 / 15,900 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Alabama Championship 2026.
- 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.
Competitions
- Alabama Championship 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- 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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.