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Alex Datuin

3×3 · top 49.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2004 · 2004DATU01

Alex Datuin has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.42, set at Caltech Winter competition 2005, puts him in the top 49.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,481st in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2004, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.84 in April 2004 to 23.42, a 13% improvement. Alex has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.0% of 284,439 all-time
23.42
signature single · Caltech Winter competition 2005
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.4228.63
top 49.0%28,481 / 59,724
4×43:13.47
early days — 2 solves18,708 / 19,072

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

Caltech Spring competition 2004: 26.84US Nationals 2004: 37.34Caltech Fall competition 2004: 28.48Caltech Winter competition 2005: 23.42Caltech Fall competition 2005: 29.82San Diego competition 2006: 28.3723.4237.343 Apr 200427 May 2006

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.42 away.
  • A sub-3:00 4×4 single — 80,930 people have one; it is 13.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.