People · United States
David Mortenson
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016MORT02
David Mortenson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,995th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2016, he has put 423 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.97 in September 2016 to 8.36, a 36% improvement. David has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.36 | 11.09 | top 3.5% | 1,995 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.05 | 7.81 | top 5.2% | 823 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.73 | 21.45 | top 9.7% | 1,301 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 38.34 | 43.91 | top 10.2% | 1,541 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.58 | 1:33.29 | top 15.9% | 1,247 / 9,537 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 3.68 | top 16.6% | 6,586 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.97 | 8.41 | top 27.6% | 7,697 / 29,168 | |
| 7×7 | 3:54.39 | 4:13.94 | top 28.6% | 812 / 3,236 | |
| Clock | 11.22 | 13.48 | top 31.1% | 2,495 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 22.91 | 32.76 | top 34.6% | 2,267 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.89 | 1:51.09 | top 34.7% | 2,514 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.68 | 2:54.77 | top 35.4% | 1,290 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:56.08 | — | top 67.1% | 1,420 / 2,128 |
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 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Sioux Falls Winter 2021.
- 18 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Winter 2021.
- 7 Mar 2020Five personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Days 2020.
- 9 Mar 2019Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Winter 2019.
- 9 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Wildcat Holiday 2017.
Competitions
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Days 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Wildcat Holiday 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Heartland Championships 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Mason Cubing Challenge 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 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.
- Walker Welch — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.