People · United States
Mike Donaldson
3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018DONA02
Mike Donaldson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.67, set at Cube Even More in Wichita 2022, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,162nd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2018, he has put 314 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.97 in March 2018 to 10.67, a 51% improvement. Mike has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 10.67 | 12.64 | top 9.5% | 5,162 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 14.34 | 18.16 | top 14.9% | 1,006 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.73 | 7.11 | top 18.0% | 4,788 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 45.93 | 56.35 | top 19.5% | 2,958 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 4.56 | top 21.3% | 8,333 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.74 | 8.25 | top 23.8% | 3,838 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.56 | 36.77 | top 40.8% | 5,451 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:35.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 971 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.29 | 2:14.69 | top 50.0% | 4,191 / 9,401 |
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
- 7 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022.
- 9 Oct 2021Three personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Fall AM 2021.
- 9 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.14 at Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Respect Kansas 2018.
- 3 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Respect Kansas 2018.
Competitions
- UCO Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Even More in Wichita 2022 · 2 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall AM 2021 · 9 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- OU Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Respect Kansas 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- BarbeCubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Hogan — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dan Smith — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 2.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.