People · United States
Doug Reed
3×3 · top 26.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2004 · 2004REED01
Doug Reed has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.52, set at Rubik's World Championship 2005, puts him in the top 26.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,288th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since July 2004, he has put 167 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.57 in July 2004 to 15.52, a 16% improvement. Doug 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.52 | 16.58 | top 26.2% | 14,288 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.24 | 1:21.34 | top 46.1% | 7,667 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 9.53 | 14.50 | top 76.0% | 31,501 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 3:24.47 | — | top 85.1% | 7,880 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:08.06 | — | top 88.1% | 13,406 / 15,683 |
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
- 13 Aug 2005Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005.
- 10 Jul 2004First competition: US Nationals 2004. A 20.59 3×3 single to start from.
- 10 Jul 2004First sub-20 3×3: 18.57 at US Nationals 2004.
Competitions
- Dallas Open 2009 · 13 Jun 2009
- Austin Spring 2009 · 21 Feb 2009
- Austin Open 2008 · 1 Nov 2008
- Denver Open 2008 · 12 Apr 2008
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005 · 13 Aug 2005 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2004 · 10 Jul 2004 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Chris Hardwick — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Frank Morris — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Bob Burton — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 9.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.