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Donna Cook

Pyraminx · top 15.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018COOK02

Donna Cook has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.29, set at Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019, puts her in the top 15.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 722nd in Australia. Across 20 competitions since January 2018, she has put 325 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 34.46 in January 2018 to 14.35, a 58% improvement. Donna has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 15.0% of 129,321 all-time
5.29
signature single · Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019
325
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx5.297.47
top 15.0%722 / 5,993
3×314.3517.30
top 22.2%2,002 / 11,709
2×24.035.64
top 26.9%2,087 / 8,567
4×41:12.531:22.87
top 49.3%1,337 / 3,051

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

Hobart Summer 2018: 34.46Adelaide Winter 2018: 25.72Adelaide Summer 2019: 20.07Koalafication Sydney 2019: 19.52Warm Up Sydney 2019: 15.16WCA World Championship 2019: 18.44Harold Park Classic 2019: 14.35Altona Algorithms 2019: 16.17Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019: 17.83Surf Coast Cubing 2019: 17.95Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 15.52Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 14.86Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 16.51Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 16.92NSW Central West Winter 2022: 16.43Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 17.39Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 15.94Orange Zest 2023: 17.90Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 20.5614.3534.4627 Jan 20181 Sep 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 her.

  • Matthew Cook — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
  • John Cook — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
  • Jack Cai — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.35 away.

Targets move as she improves.