People · United States
Surya David Donath
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018DONA03
Surya David Donath has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.40, set at UCSD Winter 2019, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,753rd in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2018, he has put 90 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.01 in April 2018 to 10.40, a 48% improvement. Surya has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.40 | 12.14 | top 8.6% | 4,753 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 5.74 | top 8.8% | 3,460 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.13 | 26.89 | top 34.6% | 4,555 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.97 | 10.95 | top 44.6% | 12,795 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 32.06 | 36.46 | top 53.3% | 3,508 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.60 | 1:42.41 | top 61.8% | 10,797 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:13.73 | 3:37.50 | top 82.3% | 7,541 / 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
- 20 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.23 at Poly Cubed 2018.
- 11 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.23 at West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018First competition: Nipomo Spring 2018. A 20.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- UCSD Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 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.
- William Li — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Brown — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.