People · Canada
Raymond Dai
2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022DAIR01
Raymond Dai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Greater Toronto 2024, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 561st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2022, he has put 152 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.12 in June 2022 to 12.32, a 19% improvement. Raymond has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 4.77 | top 8.7% | 561 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 12.32 | 13.90 | top 15.0% | 1,417 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 55.86 | 1:18.30 | top 31.8% | 835 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.12 | 37.62 | top 53.6% | 1,264 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.01 | 13.92 | top 67.3% | 3,326 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 13.08 | 18.41 | top 71.0% | 2,041 / 2,907 |
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
- 26 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering D 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Oakville Fall B 2022.
- 4 Jun 2022First competition: ROC the Cube 2022. A 15.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Favourites 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2022 · 4 Jun 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 Wu — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nolan Jeanneret — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tin Huang — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.