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Damon Goddard

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015GODD01

Damon Goddard has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at US Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,001st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2015, he has put 222 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.92 in June 2015 to 8.40, a 44% improvement. Damon has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.40
signature single · US Nationals 2016
222
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.409.88
top 3.5%2,001 / 59,724
2×22.763.71
top 11.6%4,548 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.8018.22
top 12.1%1,577 / 15,683
4×445.4051.52
top 18.8%2,844 / 19,072
Skewb5.699.44
top 23.4%3,755 / 18,907
Pyraminx7.9311.29
top 35.6%10,065 / 28,708
5×51:48.051:53.80
top 41.2%3,338 / 9,401

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

Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 14.92Keep Portland Weird 2015: 11.20Puget Sound Open 2015: 9.99PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 9.47Puget Sound Spring 2016: 9.58US Nationals 2016: 8.408.4014.9213 Jun 201529 Jul 2016

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.