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Donovan Leary

2×2 · top 30.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016LEAR02

Donovan Leary has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.30, set at New Hope Open Spring 2018, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,066th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2016, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.55 in December 2016 to 17.40, a 45% improvement. Donovan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 30.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.30
signature single · New Hope Open Spring 2018
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.305.83
top 30.3%12,066 / 40,951
3×317.4019.84
top 32.3%17,861 / 59,724
Pyraminx18.82
early days — 2 solves26,761 / 28,708

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

South Berwick Open 2016: 31.55EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 22.00CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 20.94Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 18.69New Hope Open Spring 2018: 18.49First State 2018: 19.92Pennsylvania 2018: 17.40Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 17.8717.4031.5510 Dec 20168 Dec 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.