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Mark Davis

3×3 · top 34.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009DAVI03

Mark Davis has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.01, set at New York City Summer 2016, puts him in the top 34.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,021st in the United States. Across 17 competitions since November 2009, he has put 156 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.43 in November 2009 to 18.01, a 41% improvement. Mark has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.1% of 284,439 all-time
18.01
signature single · New York City Summer 2016
156
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.0120.29
top 34.1%19,021 / 59,724
5×52:04.922:28.65
top 52.3%4,405 / 9,401
4×41:23.011:37.36
top 58.3%10,087 / 19,072
2×28.4411.89
top 70.5%29,108 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed2:09.15
early days — 1 solve15,470 / 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

MIT Fall 2009: 30.43MIT Spring 2010: 26.71Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 21.36Shaker Heights 2016: 21.14Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 23.58Manhasset Spring 2016: 19.54Big Apple Spring 2016: 19.67Cube For A Cure Spring 2016: 18.77New York City Summer 2016: 18.01Princeton Fall 2016: 20.37Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 20.64Shaker Fall 2016: 20.35Clifton Winter 2017: 20.59Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 20.24Ledgewood Winter Open 2017: 20.08New York City Winter 2017: 18.30Big Cube Bash 2017: 21.4518.0130.4314 Nov 200913 May 2017

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.

  • Eric Zhao — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Eva Kato — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Alex Maass — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
  • A sub-2:00 5×5 single — 20,087 people have one; it is 4.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.