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David Heaton
Pyraminx · top 0.82% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018HEAT02
David Heaton has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,163 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in June 2018 to 9.48, a 49% improvement. David has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.79 | 3.22 | top 0.82% | 237 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 49.04 | 55.07 | top 4.7% | 335 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 11.27 | top 6.1% | 3,354 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 40.26 | 43.66 | top 12.4% | 1,832 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 4.13 | top 15.6% | 6,111 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.03 | 7.44 | top 18.4% | 2,924 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.36 | 1:30.99 | top 20.2% | 1,577 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 20.16 | 28.27 | top 28.3% | 1,859 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.45 | 26.07 | top 30.0% | 3,880 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.95 | 3:02.28 | top 37.0% | 1,342 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:30.63 | 4:42.80 | top 41.2% | 1,175 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,031 / 2,040 | |
| Clock | 22.74 | 29.39 | top 71.9% | 6,229 / 8,927 |
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
- 24 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bayou Big Cubes 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cowbell Cubing 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Mississippi Championship 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Louisiana Championship 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Middle Georgia Speedsolving 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023 · 24 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- T-Town Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bayou Big Cubes 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cowbell Cubing 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Starkvegas Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2022 · 22 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Mississippi Capstone 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Lafayette Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubalaya 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Grind City 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayou Back to School 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
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.
- Dylan Miller — met in 157 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Seth Talbot — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
- Ordway Persyn — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 9.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.