People · United States
David Self
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019SELF02
David Self has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.94, set at GA Cubers February A 2022, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,077th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2019, he has put 67 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 12.36 in November 2019 to 9.94, a 20% improvement. David has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.94 | 11.85 | top 7.3% | 4,077 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 4.93 | top 15.2% | 6,047 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.41 | 2:08.70 | top 43.7% | 3,639 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.02 | 11.56 | top 45.0% | 13,169 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 27.72 | 40.39 | top 45.1% | 2,970 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,749 / 19,354 |
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
- 27 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at GA Cubers February A 2022.
- 27 Feb 2022Four personal bests in one day at GA Cubers February A 2022.
- 9 Nov 2019First competition: Flag City Fall 2019. A 12.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GA Cubers February A 2022 · 27 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Stephen Griggs — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Harsha Paladugu — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.