People · United Kingdom
Dominic Seaton
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SEAT02
Dominic Seaton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Chichester Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 274th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2022, he has put 932 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.58 in October 2022 to 8.70, a 71% improvement. Dominic has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 3.66 | top 3.7% | 274 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 8.70 | 10.90 | top 4.2% | 336 / 6,689 | |
| Clock | 5.10 | 6.07 | top 4.7% | 68 / 1,232 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.47 | 5.16 | top 5.3% | 201 / 3,656 | |
| Megaminx | 52.84 | 1:01.01 | top 6.4% | 87 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 3.61 | 6.29 | top 8.4% | 193 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 42.16 | 48.08 | top 14.7% | 338 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.77 | 1:29.20 | top 18.1% | 237 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.43 | 23.02 | top 21.6% | 407 / 1,851 | |
| Square-1 | 20.74 | 33.02 | top 29.7% | 278 / 778 | |
| 6×6 | 3:03.37 | 3:12.08 | top 42.6% | 260 / 548 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 43.33 | top 44.7% | 181 / 372 | |
| 7×7 | 5:35.59 | — | top 61.3% | 299 / 459 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:22.98 | — | early days — 1 solve | 263 / 311 |
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
- 10 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage August 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at Chichester Summer 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.00 at Stevenage April 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Bristol Winter 2024.
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage Beginners September B 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
- Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024 · 22 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chichester Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Harrow Autumn 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023 · 24 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Suffolk Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brent Cross Winter 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Newham Side Events Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
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.
- Felix Hincks — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Harry Allen — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.