People · Sri Lanka
Seth De Silva
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012SILV20
Seth De Silva has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at VanCubing Winter 2014, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Sri Lanka. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2012, he has put 162 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.28 in August 2012 to 9.56, a 64% improvement. Seth has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 3.82 | top 5.2% | 16 / 431 | |
| 3×3 | 9.56 | 12.77 | top 6.3% | 19 / 590 |
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
- 6 Feb 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Vancouver Open Winter 2016.
- 3 Aug 2013First sub-20 3×3: 14.27 at Vancouver Open Summer 2013.
- 3 Aug 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Vancouver Open Summer 2013.
- 11 Aug 2012First competition: Vancouver Open Summer 2012. A 26.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puget Sound Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
- Vancouver Open Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2015 · 15 Aug 2015
- Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015 · 13 Jun 2015
- UW Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- VanCubing Winter 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Kingdom II 2014 · 15 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2012 · 11 Aug 2012
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.
- Janelle Tin — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ben Yu — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kristopher De Asis — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.