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Dominic Ling

3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015LING01

Dominic Ling has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.52, set at QUALberta 2017, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 589th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2015, he has put 268 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.34 in August 2015 to 9.52, a 23% improvement. Dominic has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.52
signature single · QUALberta 2017
268
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.5212.17
top 6.2%589 / 10,392
4×438.8246.18
top 10.7%252 / 3,118
5×51:32.061:39.65
top 29.0%353 / 1,499
7×74:55.665:16.19
top 49.4%208 / 503
6×63:18.883:36.79
top 50.0%268 / 665
3×3 blindfolded8:43.56
early days — 1 solve334 / 351

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

Edmonton Open Summer 2015: 12.34Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 12.78Calgary Open Spring 2016: 12.59Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 13.05Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 11.64Too Much Cubing 2017: 12.44QUALberta 2017: 9.52Canadian Open 2017: 11.38Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017: 12.38Foothills Fall 2017: 11.59Battle for Foothills Limited 2018: 12.81Sherwood Park Summer 2019: 10.99Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 11.92Odd Day in Sylvan 2023: 12.809.5213.0529 Aug 201519 Aug 2023

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.

  • Ryan Yasinko — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
  • Paris Dorn — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Noah Wilde — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 26 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.