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Derek Ruffolo

Skewb · top 21.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022RUFF01

Derek Ruffolo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.42, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022, puts him in the top 21.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 488th in Canada. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.65 in May 2022 to 14.84, a 24% improvement. Derek has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 21.4% of 73,281 all-time
5.42
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022
118
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Skewb5.429.23
top 21.4%488 / 2,907
3×314.8416.38
top 23.9%2,292 / 10,392
2×24.096.91
top 27.6%1,873 / 7,173
Pyraminx7.6813.26
top 33.5%1,496 / 4,858
Clock13.2417.89
top 40.7%358 / 1,029

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

Oshawa Favourites 2022: 19.653x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022: 20.33Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 15.01Richmond Hill 2022: 16.85Oakville Fall B 2022: 14.84Waterloo Favourites A 2023: 15.56Pickering B 2023: 14.89Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024: 15.5914.8420.337 May 202224 Mar 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-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.