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David Doty

Pyraminx · top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016DOTY01

David Doty has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at MLWGS Spring 2019, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 695th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since May 2016, he has put 886 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 15 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.89 in May 2016 to 8.34, a 70% improvement. David has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time
2.66
signature single · MLWGS Spring 2019
886
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.664.92
top 2.6%695 / 28,708
3×38.3410.57
top 3.4%1,929 / 59,724
2×22.203.29
top 6.2%2,477 / 40,951
Square-112.6320.83
top 11.1%777 / 6,743
4×439.9043.76
top 12.0%1,777 / 19,072
Skewb4.446.77
top 14.0%2,187 / 18,907
5×51:20.061:25.66
top 19.1%1,499 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed22.6428.84
top 27.8%3,583 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 3 solves969 / 2,040
7×74:45.215:06.70
top 46.2%1,343 / 3,184
6×63:11.523:21.09
top 46.5%1,736 / 4,196

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

Summit City Open 2016: 27.89Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 23.58Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 21.40TJHSST Fall 2016: 15.94Virginia Open Spring 2017: 13.98Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 12.19NovaCube 2017: 11.62EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 10.78World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 12.32Severna Park Summer 2017: 11.45Rally In The Valley 2017: 12.32Maryland 2017: 11.35Severna Park Showdown 2017: 10.89Northern Neck Winter 2018: 11.02Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 9.69NovaCube 2018: 10.80River Hill Spring 2018: 10.88WFS Cubing Spring 2018: 9.06RVA Spring 2018: 10.99Tea Time Spring 2018: 12.39Maryland 2018: 9.89Pennsylvania 2018: 10.14RVAutumn 2018: 11.31TJHSST Fall 2018: 8.34Northern Neck Winter 2019: 11.49CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 10.28Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019: 9.63MLWGS Spring 2019: 10.84Virginia Qualifier 2019: 10.82River Hill Spring 2019: 9.12CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.91Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 9.048.3427.897 May 201614 Sep 2019

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.