People · United States
Dane Despain
2×2 · top 15.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DESP02
Dane Despain has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.09, set at Utah Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 15.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,988th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 102 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.30 in March 2025 to 12.88, a 16% improvement. Dane has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.06 | top 15.3% | 5,988 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.88 | 15.25 | top 17.0% | 9,102 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.34 | 9.97 | top 30.7% | 8,550 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.35 | 45.09 | top 45.2% | 6,111 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 30.36 | 36.34 | top 50.0% | 3,272 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.54 | 1:33.85 | top 53.9% | 9,156 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.73 at Cliffside Cubing Billings 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cliffside Cubing Billings 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Utah Newcomers 2025. A 15.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cliffside Cubing Billings 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Eric Vissepo — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Wynn Jennings — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Garrett Henrie — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.