People · United States
John Daniel Smith
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SMIT13
John Daniel Smith has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,771st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2019, he has put 286 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.37 in March 2019 to 9.04, a 48% improvement. John has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.04 | 10.59 | top 4.9% | 2,771 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 4.10 | top 6.7% | 2,653 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 37.08 | 44.72 | top 8.8% | 1,315 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 7.43 | top 14.5% | 3,796 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.56 | 26.35 | top 19.3% | 2,486 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.20 | 7.89 | top 19.7% | 3,143 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.09 | 1:39.56 | top 24.2% | 1,876 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.56 | — | top 46.0% | 3,381 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 30.84 | 36.40 | top 50.9% | 3,338 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 4:08.43 | 4:15.02 | top 68.2% | 2,664 / 4,196 |
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
- 28 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 2 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024.
- 2 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024.
- 27 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Where's Loganville 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.70 at Georgia Goobers 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Georgia Goobers 2019.
Competitions
- T-Town Showdown AL 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bama Big Cubes 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Greetings 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Where's Loganville 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Georgia Goobers 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Terminus 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Mullen — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jared Stinson — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.