People · United States
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.83 | 18.22 | top 27.2% | 14,897 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.96 | 7.18 | top 50.5% | 20,511 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.24 | 1:26.68 | top 56.1% | 9,632 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.69 | 16.97 | top 65.2% | 19,281 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:19.91 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,500 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:00.90 | 1:13.36 | top 84.3% | 12,654 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:32.69 | — | top 87.0% | 8,085 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 39.16 | 55.85 | top 92.8% | 8,319 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 4:52.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,670 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 8:52.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,155 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Dec 2010Four personal bests in one day at Liberty Science Center Open 2010.
- 6 Nov 2010Four personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010First sub-20 3×3: 19.93 at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 14 Nov 2009Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2009.
- 30 May 2009Five personal bests in one day at Cumberland Valley Open 2009.
- 7 Mar 2009First sub-30 3×3: 28.46 at Fort Lee Winter 2009.
Competitions
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016
- Jersey Shore Open 2012 · 28 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Park Ridge Open 2011 · 14 May 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2010 · 18 Dec 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Connecticut Summer Competition 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Safe Haven competition 2009 · 20 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Cumberland Valley Open 2009 · 30 May 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Newark Winter 2009 · 7 Feb 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008
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.