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Malaki Daniels

2×2 · top 41.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022DANI12

Malaki Daniels has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.14, set at Glacier National Park Open 2023, puts him in the top 41.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,498th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since September 2022, he has put 79 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.10 in September 2022 to 5.14, a 58% improvement. Malaki has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 41.1% of 186,767 all-time
5.14
signature single · Glacier National Park Open 2023
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.146.75
top 41.1%16,498 / 40,951
3×329.7334.20
top 62.1%37,020 / 59,724

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

Hanoi Open 2022: 12.10STEM Cube Open Penang 2023: 5.69Glacier National Park Open 2023: 5.14Space City Winter 2024: 7.25Andina Speedcubing 2024: 5.15Oklahoma Championship 2024: 5.80Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024: 6.225.1412.1018 Sep 202224 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.