People · Venezuela
David Simmons
Skewb · top 4.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SIMM05
David Simmons has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Los Aviadores Aragua 2024, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Venezuela. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2023, he has put 187 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.28 in July 2023 to 12.14, a 52% improvement. David has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.80 | 7.46 | top 4.1% | 9 / 156 | |
| 3×3 | 12.14 | 15.70 | top 14.4% | 138 / 1,022 | |
| 2×2 | 4.79 | 7.63 | top 36.7% | 198 / 565 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.89 | 13.09 | top 43.9% | 183 / 417 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.65 | 1:21.01 | top 52.2% | 143 / 267 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.86 | 51.63 | top 74.8% | 202 / 272 | |
| Square-1 | 50.09 | 1:31.03 | top 76.2% | 42 / 53 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 35 / 46 |
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
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at Los Aviadores Aragua 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Los Aviadores Aragua 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.63 at Yaracuy Open 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: Cubing in Barquisimeto 2023. A 26.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Road to Nats Caracas 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship FMC 2024 · 14 Jul 2024
- Sambil Valencia 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Los Aviadores Aragua 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Venezuela Nationals 2023 · 24 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rio Lama Barquisimeto 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing & Books Caracas 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Yaracuy Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Aragua Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Barquisimeto 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Enrymar Cisneros — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rafael Antonio Sanchez — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bernardo Torres — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.