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David Kelley

3×3 · top 54.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016KELL07

David Kelley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.76, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017, puts him in the top 54.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31,877th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since April 2016, he has put 61 official solves on the record across three 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.72 in April 2016 to 25.76, a 46% improvement. David has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 54.3% of 284,439 all-time
25.76
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017
61
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
3×325.7631.56
top 54.3%31,877 / 59,724
2×28.2312.18
top 69.3%28,650 / 40,951
4×41:45.60
early days — 2 solves13,467 / 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

Severna Park Spring 2016: 47.72Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 42.14Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 35.20TJHSST Fall 2016: 31.05Rockville Winter 2017: 28.92Virginia Open Winter 2017: 28.28NovaCube 2017: 28.46Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 34.34World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 25.76Severna Park Summer 2017: 26.82Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 30.7725.7647.7230 Apr 201617 Feb 2018

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.