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Dean Whelan

3×3 · top 53.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022WHEL01

Dean Whelan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.52, set at Brisbane Summer 2024, puts him in the top 53.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,675th in Australia. Across 16 competitions since January 2022, he has put 86 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.54 in January 2022 to 25.52, a 56% improvement. Dean has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 53.8% of 284,439 all-time
25.52
signature single · Brisbane Summer 2024
86
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×325.5229.87
top 53.8%5,675 / 11,709

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

Northside Duology Part 1 2022: 58.54Brisbane Autumn 2022: 45.49Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 40.40Queensland Open 2022: 42.72Northside Spring Sunday 2022: 35.12Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 33.01Brisbane Summer 2023: 29.11Runaway Bay May Sunday 2023: 30.20Queensland Open 2023: 27.82U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023: 29.06Australian Nationals 2023: 28.67QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 33.18Brisbane Summer 2024: 25.52Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 25.72Queensland Open 2024: 27.04MarsdeNxN 2024: 35.9425.5258.547 Jan 202221 Sep 2024

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.