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Donovan Redo
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022REDO01
Donovan Redo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.37, set at Pretzel Mania 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,294th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 221 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in November 2022 to 10.26, a 35% improvement. Donovan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.37 | 9.72 | top 5.0% | 1,294 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 13.13 | top 8.2% | 4,532 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.00 | top 16.0% | 6,261 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.30 | 7.98 | top 20.5% | 3,269 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.34 | 26.44 | top 27.0% | 3,481 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.52 | 1:42.82 | top 30.3% | 2,391 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 54.90 | 1:08.10 | top 30.6% | 4,830 / 19,072 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.67 | 5:01.84 | top 41.6% | 1,186 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 3:07.79 | 3:17.56 | top 44.5% | 1,643 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 28.22 | 35.84 | top 46.1% | 3,002 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.26 | 2:43.10 | top 62.3% | 4,715 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 23.35 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,370 / 8,927 |
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
- 11 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at No Skewba Diving in Greenport 2026.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Nine personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.06 at New York Yopen 2022.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Empire State Fall 2022. A 15.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- No Skewba Diving in Greenport 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Mum's the Word 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tyler Kochy — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Hughes — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.