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Donny Riess

Pyraminx · top 35.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017RIES03

Donny Riess has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Spokane Winter 2018, puts him in the top 35.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,140th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2017, he has put 61 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.73 in August 2017 to 23.74, a 62% improvement. Donny has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 35.9% of 129,321 all-time
7.96
signature single · Spokane Winter 2018
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx7.9613.01
top 35.9%10,140 / 28,708
3×323.7433.39
top 49.7%28,955 / 59,724
2×27.9711.80
top 67.6%27,917 / 40,951
Skewb1:05.15
early days — 1 solve18,944 / 18,907

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

Spokane Valley Summer 2017: 1:02.73SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 41.29Spokane Winter 2018: 23.74Inland Empire Spring 2018: 26.5823.741:02.7326 Aug 201719 May 2018

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.