People · United States
Donovan Bailey
2×2 · top 8.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024BAIL09
Donovan Bailey has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,238th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 155 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.60 in August 2024 to 10.76, a 31% improvement. Donovan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 5.14 | top 8.1% | 3,238 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.76 | 14.36 | top 9.8% | 5,391 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.87 | 9.49 | top 26.8% | 7,455 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.96 | 41.71 | top 48.9% | 6,790 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.29 | 1:32.59 | top 57.8% | 10,128 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 15.23 | 18.84 | top 79.0% | 15,324 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,636 / 2,059 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,925 / 6,846 |
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
- 8 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: DFW Back to School 2024. A 17.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Texas FMC Championship 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cole Dugger — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Patrick — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.