People · South Africa
Donovan Hale
2×2 · top 29.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014HALE01
Donovan Hale has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.25, set at Cape Town Open 2015, puts him in the top 29.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in South Africa. Across 21 competitions since January 2014, he has put 517 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.61 in January 2014 to 21.83, a 33% improvement. Donovan has entered 21 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 | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 8.62 | top 29.7% | 310 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 21.83 | 28.89 | top 45.0% | 642 / 2,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.38 | 1:43.01 | top 61.7% | 216 / 491 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.59 | 15.18 | top 64.6% | 542 / 946 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.86 | 52.68 | top 69.2% | 220 / 467 | |
| Skewb | 15.33 | 23.51 | top 79.3% | 314 / 438 | |
| 5×5 | 3:22.44 | 3:47.10 | top 84.6% | 159 / 221 | |
| 6×6 | 5:29.11 | 6:52.87 | top 86.7% | 75 / 84 | |
| 7×7 | 8:20.40 | 8:48.83 | early days — 3 solves | 63 / 69 | |
| Megaminx | 4:46.48 | 5:30.30 | top 95.4% | 233 / 266 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 68 moves | 70.67 | early days — 3 solves | 50 / 53 |
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
- 30 Nov 2014First sub-30 3×3: 27.58 at Cape Town 2014.
- 30 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Cape Town 2014.
- 23 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Johannesburg 2014.
- 11 Jan 2014First competition: South Africa Open 2014. A 40.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Soweto Spring Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
- Arnold Classic Africa 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Gauteng Autumn 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2017 · 30 Sep 2017
- Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017 · 10 Sep 2017
- Gauteng Winter 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
- Johannesburg 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
- Johannesburg Open 2016 · 19 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2016 · 13 Feb 2016
- Cape Town Open 2015 · 6 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Johannesburg Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
- Pops Winter 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Pretoria Science Week 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Kimberley Open 2015 · 25 Jul 2015
- Tuks Winter 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town 2015 · 19 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Tuks Open 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Pops Toys Summer 2015 · 21 Feb 2015
- Cape Town 2014 · 30 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Johannesburg 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- South Africa Open 2014 · 11 Jan 2014 — 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.
- Brendan James Gray — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jaméan Groenewald — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Pieterjan Joubert — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.