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David Pearce

2×2 · top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015PEAR02

David Pearce has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.82, set at Sydney Championship 2017, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Australia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2015, he has put 1,154 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.27 in August 2015 to 6.67, a 61% improvement. David has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.25% of 186,767 all-time
0.82
signature single · Sydney Championship 2017
1,154
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.822.87
top 0.25%44 / 8,567
3×36.678.25
top 1.0%110 / 11,709
Pyraminx1.962.98
top 1.1%60 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed11.1013.76
top 1.9%51 / 2,659
4×430.0434.17
top 2.9%74 / 3,051
3×3 blindfolded38.0748.76
top 6.3%35 / 394
Skewb3.705.42
top 8.9%237 / 3,534
5×51:07.601:13.48
top 10.0%134 / 1,356
Square-115.1520.62
top 16.8%161 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.33
top 17.4%81 / 468
Megaminx1:29.551:33.99
top 27.9%348 / 1,277
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 21:31—
top 29.4%56 / 180
6×62:55.273:04.94
top 38.7%243 / 641
7×74:51.975:08.73
top 48.3%235 / 523
Clock15.3917.74
top 49.5%509 / 1,095
4×4 blindfolded11:46.0015:26.00
top 65.7%70 / 96

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

Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2015: 17.27Brisbane Spring 2015: 13.33Australian Nationals 2016: 10.38Brisbane Winter 2017: 7.94Australian Nationals 2017: 8.05Sydney Championship 2017: 6.82Melbourne Winter 2018: 8.53Australian Nationals 2018: 6.67Northside Cube Day 2019: 7.13Melbourne Summer 2019: 7.48WCA World Championship 2019: 7.20Gold Coast Spring 2019: 7.84Northside Cube Days 2020: 7.58Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 7.73Northside Duology Part 1 2022: 7.37Brisbane Autumn 2022: 6.80Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 7.516.6717.271 Aug 201515 Dec 2022

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.