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Donovan Cline

2×2 · top 28.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010CLIN01

Donovan Cline has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.13, set at Colorado Springs 2012, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,135th in the United States. Across 15 competitions since August 2010, he has put 318 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.28 in August 2010 to 17.33, a 36% improvement. Donovan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 28.1% of 186,767 all-time
4.13
signature single · Colorado Springs 2012
318
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.136.27
top 28.1%11,135 / 40,951
3×317.3321.58
top 32.0%17,732 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed40.9048.78
top 66.6%9,482 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 3 solves1,529 / 2,040
4×41:54.482:08.72
top 79.1%14,628 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded6:11.43
early days — 3 solves1,826 / 2,092
Pyraminx17.9427.15
top 89.7%26,358 / 28,708
5×55:22.886:32.20
top 97.7%9,266 / 9,401

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

United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 27.28Denver Open 2010: 27.47Cubetcha 2010: 27.96Colorado Springs Open 2011: 24.53Kansas Cube-Off 2011: 22.69United States National Championships 2011: 21.93Colorado Springs 2012: 18.72United States National Championships 2012: 23.70Colorado Springs 2013: 17.65World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 21.59Colorado Springs Open 2015: 22.02Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 19.59Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 17.33Albuquerque Spring 2016: 17.77West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 22.2117.3327.966 Aug 201011 Jul 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.

  • AJ Blair — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Jackson Warley — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • David Woner — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.