People · United States
Douglas Vargo
2×2 · top 11.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015VARG09
Douglas Vargo has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at Ledgewood Winter Open 2017, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,606th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2015, he has put 148 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.53 in November 2015 to 13.82, a 50% improvement. Douglas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.27 | top 11.7% | 4,606 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.82 | 17.46 | top 20.3% | 10,962 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.12 | 9.74 | top 45.9% | 13,196 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.15 | 17.19 | top 49.4% | 8,841 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.59 | — | top 60.1% | 8,435 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 41.58 | — | top 67.3% | 4,430 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.82 | — | early days — 3 solves | 12,506 / 19,072 |
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 Feb 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at Ledgewood Winter Open 2017.
- 11 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Ledgewood Winter Open 2017.
- 29 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Severna Park Fall 2016.
- 4 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.53 at Cube4Cam 2016.
- 21 Nov 2015First competition: River Hill Fall 2015. A 27.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018
- No Place For DNF Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
- Ledgewood Winter Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Severna Park Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube4Cam 2016 · 4 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tommy Cherry — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.