People · Australia
Dale Waine
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019WAIN02
Dale Waine has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2022, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 489th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2019, he has put 194 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.87 in November 2019 to 2.26, a 61% improvement. Dale 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.16 | 11.96 | top 5.2% | 489 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.33 | top 6.7% | 508 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.21 | 7.99 | top 21.6% | 1,082 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 48.29 | 1:03.99 | top 22.5% | 564 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.35 | 40.53 | top 56.1% | 1,318 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 800 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:43.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 284 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.70 | — | early days — 3 solves | 942 / 1,356 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.16 at Melbourne Cube Days 2022.
- 28 Dec 2021First sub-20 3×3: 11.46 at December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021.
- 28 Dec 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.46 at December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021.
- 28 Dec 2021Three personal bests in one day at December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021.
- 30 Nov 2019First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2019. A 29.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Joshi — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- David Epstein — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.