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Doug Gromek

3×3 · top 27.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008GROM01

Doug Gromek has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.83, set at Liberty Science Center Open 2010, puts him in the top 27.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,897th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since November 2008, he has put 229 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.19 in November 2008 to 15.83, a 68% improvement. Doug has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.2% of 284,439 all-time
15.83
signature single · Liberty Science Center Open 2010
229
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.8318.22
top 27.2%14,897 / 59,724
2×25.967.18
top 50.5%20,511 / 40,951
4×41:20.241:26.68
top 56.1%9,632 / 19,072
Pyraminx11.6916.97
top 65.2%19,281 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded4:19.91
early days — 1 solve1,500 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed1:00.901:13.36
top 84.3%12,654 / 15,683
5×53:32.69
top 87.0%8,085 / 9,401
Clock39.1655.85
top 92.8%8,319 / 8,927
Megaminx4:52.25
early days — 2 solves7,670 / 7,841
6×68:52.13
early days — 1 solve4,155 / 4,196

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

Newark Open 2008: 50.19Newark Winter 2009: 31.46Fort Lee Winter 2009: 28.46Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 22.80Safe Haven competition 2009: 23.28Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 24.61MIT Fall 2009: 22.28United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 19.93Princeton Fall 2010: 17.77Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 15.83Park Ridge Open 2011: 18.33Jersey Shore Open 2012: 16.44Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 16.42Princeton Fall 2016: 16.9215.8350.198 Nov 200822 Oct 2016

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.

  • Dan Cohen — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Kian Barry — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.