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David Ludwig

3×3 · top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013LUDW01

David Ludwig has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.96, set at Music City Speedsolving 2015, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 304th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2013, he has put 954 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.05 in August 2013 to 5.96, a 41% improvement. David has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time
5.96
signature single · Music City Speedsolving 2015
954
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.968.44
top 0.46%304 / 59,724
4×429.3235.04
top 2.4%399 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed12.2915.20
top 3.4%512 / 15,683
2×21.802.89
top 3.6%1,413 / 40,951
5×51:07.261:15.51
top 9.8%767 / 9,401
Megaminx1:15.081:25.61
top 18.7%1,271 / 7,841
Square-116.1820.10
top 19.0%1,287 / 6,743
6×62:21.812:29.44
top 21.4%758 / 4,196
7×73:59.214:16.77
top 30.4%848 / 3,184
Skewb11.4820.32
top 63.4%11,759 / 18,907

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

Indiana 2013: 10.05Indiana 2014: 9.63Peach State 2015: 9.14Atlanta Open 2015: 8.90Music City Speedsolving 2015: 5.96Athens Fall 2015: 8.44Music City Winter 2016: 8.60Peach State Winter 2016: 8.23Athens Spring 2016: 8.54Alpharetta Open 2016: 7.24Athens Summer Omega 2016: 8.13Spontaneous Summer 2016: 8.11Athens Fall Late Night 2016: 7.90All Aboard 2017: 8.67Music City Speedsolving 2017: 7.66Rocket City 2017: 8.33Music City Fall 2017: 6.55Rocket City 2.0 2017: 8.15Rocket City 3.0 2018: 7.51Music City Speedsolving 2018: 8.255.9610.0524 Aug 201331 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.