People · United States
David Litwin
3×3 · top 52.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2007 · 2007LITW01
David Litwin has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.13, set at Berkeley Summer competition 2009, puts him in the top 52.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,952nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2007, he has put 92 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.12 in January 2007 to 25.13, a 36% 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 | 25.13 | 28.42 | top 52.9% | 30,952 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 8.52 | 12.82 | top 70.9% | 29,275 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.22 | 2:15.19 | top 73.3% | 13,285 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:18.86 | 3:41.91 | early days — 3 solves | 6,372 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:24.40 | 4:18.23 | top 85.1% | 7,877 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:13.71 | 1:36.99 | top 90.4% | 13,844 / 15,683 |
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
- 18 Jan 2009First sub-30 3×3: 29.44 at San Francisco Open 2009.
- 13 Oct 2007Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2007.
- 13 Jan 2007First competition: Caltech Winter competition 2007. A 39.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer competition 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2008 · 26 Apr 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- EPGY California Open 2008 · 16 Feb 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2007 · 13 Oct 2007 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2007 · 14 Apr 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007
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.
- Dan Dzoan — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Garron — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cameron Almasi — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.