People · United States
David Madigan
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018MADI01
David Madigan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 970th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 328 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.03 in May 2018 to 8.40, a 40% improvement. David has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 3.70 | top 2.5% | 970 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.40 | 10.57 | top 3.5% | 2,001 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.88 | 21.07 | top 12.3% | 1,597 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 10.64 | top 23.3% | 6,317 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 57.48 | 59.10 | top 33.7% | 5,384 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.37 | 2:03.48 | top 47.0% | 3,907 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,101 / 2,040 |
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
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020.
- 29 Feb 2020Seven personal bests in one day at Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020.
- 20 Apr 2019Six personal bests in one day at Copper Country Cubing 2019.
- 12 May 2018First competition: Minnesota Cube Melt 2018. A 14.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023
- Cubing up the UP 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022 · 28 May 2022
- Copper Country Cubing Summer 2021 · 24 Jul 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 7 personal bests set
- Big Cheese 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Wiscube 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Copper Country Cubing 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2018 · 12 May 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.
- Walker Welch — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Michael Conard — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Joshua Feran — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.