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Ronnel Datlag

2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010DATL01

Ronnel Datlag has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2010, he has put 148 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.16 in January 2010 to 12.46, an 18% improvement. Ronnel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.09
signature single · United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010
148
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.095.72
top 5.4%2,134 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed14.9424.97
top 8.0%1,073 / 15,683
3×312.4613.03
top 15.5%8,292 / 59,724
4×450.2756.60
top 25.1%3,839 / 19,072
Megaminx1:27.341:31.83
top 26.4%1,822 / 7,841
5×51:33.721:49.62
top 30.4%2,408 / 9,401
7×75:23.885:33.77
top 57.9%1,712 / 3,184

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

Berkeley Winter 2010: 15.16Berkeley Spring 2010: 12.46Berkeley Summer 2010: 12.46United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 12.9412.4615.1630 Jan 20106 Aug 2010

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.

  • Edward Lin — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Dan Dzoan — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Justin Adsuara — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.