People · Canada
Ares Glad
Clock · top 8.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023GLAD03
Ares Glad has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.26, set at Pickering Favourites Fall 2025, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Canada. Until August 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2023, he has put 140 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.52 in March 2023 to 13.15, a 46% improvement. Ares 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.26 | 7.57 | top 8.2% | 58 / 1,029 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.50 | 7.82 | top 16.4% | 664 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 13.15 | 15.47 | top 17.9% | 1,694 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.85 | top 20.0% | 1,339 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 8.41 | 16.36 | top 44.3% | 1,163 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.92 | 40.38 | top 60.7% | 1,443 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,841 / 3,118 |
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
- 9 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Greater Toronto 2025.
- 28 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wrap It Up Barrie 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.75 at Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023.
- 26 Mar 2023First competition: Pickering D 2023. A 24.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wrap It Up Barrie 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Side Events 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
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.
- Anthony Iskander — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonathan Wang (王嘉洺) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.