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Dante Barnes

3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024BARN01

Dante Barnes has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Michigan Mega Madness 2024, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,325th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2024, he has put 309 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.40 in January 2024 to 10.78, a 13% improvement. Dante has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.78
signature single · Michigan Mega Madness 2024
309
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.7813.37
top 9.8%5,325 / 59,724
2×22.974.71
top 13.9%5,459 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.339.37
top 15.3%4,007 / 28,708
Skewb5.647.35
top 23.0%3,681 / 18,907
4×448.931:03.79
top 23.4%3,559 / 19,072
Megaminx1:36.071:43.74
top 32.1%2,272 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed24.8729.94
top 33.9%4,459 / 15,683
Square-124.9928.44
top 39.1%2,541 / 6,743
Clock12.9516.33
top 39.4%3,130 / 8,927
5×51:52.502:00.17
top 44.3%3,639 / 9,401
6×63:09.723:49.13
top 45.6%1,687 / 4,196
7×75:41.535:56.54
top 63.0%1,884 / 3,184

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

Washtenaw Winter 2024: 12.40Michigan Mini 15 2024: 12.74Washtenaw Newcomers 2024: 12.00Michigan Mini 17 2024: 13.06Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 10.78Washtenaw Spring 2024: 11.20Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 11.62Michigan Championship 2024: 11.3810.7813.0613 Jan 202429 Jun 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.