People · Ethiopia
Desmond Overstake
2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024OVER01
Desmond Overstake has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at CoMO Cubing Winter 2024, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Ethiopia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2024, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.08 in February 2024 to 14.23, a 12% improvement. Desmond has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ethiopia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 5.33 | top 9.8% | 2 / 8 | |
| 3×3 | 14.23 | 15.38 | top 21.8% | 4 / 9 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.29 | 15.40 | top 38.7% | 4 / 6 | |
| Skewb | 8.44 | 12.45 | top 44.6% | 3 / 4 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: CoMO Cubing Winter 2024. A 18.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CoMO Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 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.
- Alex Marchetti — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dan Smith — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.