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Derek Rodkey

3×3 · top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016RODK01

Derek Rodkey has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.99, set at No Place For DNF Spring 2018, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,316th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2016, he has put 96 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.85 in June 2016 to 12.99, a 35% improvement. Derek has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.99
signature single · No Place For DNF Spring 2018
96
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9914.52
top 17.4%9,316 / 59,724
2×23.414.66
top 19.1%7,489 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.998.40
top 27.8%7,639 / 28,708
Skewb7.5211.14
top 37.6%6,429 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed27.2929.07
top 40.1%5,348 / 15,683

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

Cube4Cam 2016: 19.85Spontaneous Summer 2016: 16.94Severna Park Fall 2016: 13.79Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 14.49No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 12.9912.9919.854 Jun 20167 Apr 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.