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Douglas Muhlestein

3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2006 · 2006MUHL01

Douglas Muhlestein has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.15, set at Caltech Fall competition 2007, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,369th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since April 2006, he has put 62 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.62 in April 2006 to 17.15, a 71% improvement. Douglas has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.15
signature single · Caltech Fall competition 2007
62
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.1523.32
top 31.5%17,369 / 59,724

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

Caltech Spring competition 2006: 58.62Caltech Fall competition 2006: 46.43Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 37.46Caltech Fall competition 2007: 17.15EPGY California Open 2008: 25.72UCSD Summer competition 2008: 20.63US Nationals and Open 2008: 21.18Caltech Fall 2008: 21.06MIT Spring 2010: 22.03Harvard Fall 2012: 24.88Harvard Fall 2013: 21.78Harvard Fall 2014: 21.4317.1558.6215 Apr 200611 Oct 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.