People · United States
David Lei
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022LEID01
David Lei has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Connecticut Spring 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,937th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 207 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.46 in October 2022 to 8.30, a 28% improvement. David has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.30 | 9.49 | top 3.4% | 1,937 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.51 | top 7.6% | 3,051 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.88 | 19.82 | top 8.0% | 1,076 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 42.10 | 57.32 | top 14.7% | 2,232 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 9.39 | top 19.3% | 5,240 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 6.76 | 9.71 | top 31.8% | 5,357 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 17.23 | 21.23 | top 56.3% | 4,814 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.00 | — | top 60.1% | 5,231 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 43.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,634 / 6,846 |
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
- 13 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Connecticut Spring 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Northampton Winter A 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Empire State Fall 2022.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: Naticube 2022. A 12.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024
- Mystic Cubikon 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Northampton Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
- Mum's the Word 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Naticube 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 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.
- Jacob Schwartz — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Charles Amarello — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.