People · United States
David Steele
3×3 · top 5.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018STEE06
David Steele has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.07, set at The Last Frontier Fall 2023, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,878th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2018, he has put 415 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.30 in May 2018 to 9.07, a 50% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.07 | 11.03 | top 5.1% | 2,878 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.46 | 6.32 | top 7.5% | 1,182 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.99 | 7.43 | top 7.6% | 1,989 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 40.06 | 44.96 | top 12.3% | 1,842 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.90 | 19.33 | top 12.4% | 1,631 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 4.22 | top 14.5% | 5,779 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.62 | 1:28.00 | top 21.4% | 1,682 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:42.39 | 2:46.29 | top 32.1% | 1,151 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:13.04 | 4:57.67 | top 35.4% | 1,005 / 3,236 |
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
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at The Last Frontier Fall 2023.
- 4 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at The Last Frontier Fall 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 7 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2019.
- 20 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at ODU Big Blue Fall 2018.
- 20 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Fall 2018.
Competitions
- Grand Forks 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Juneau Cubing Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Anchorage Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Last Frontier Summer 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- The Last Frontier Fall 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- RVA Spring 2018 · 5 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.
- Payton Corey — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Wyatt Hardin — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Luke Johnson — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.