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Carson Claud

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015CLAU02

Carson Claud has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Rocky Top 2018, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 619th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 107 competitions since July 2015, he has put 3,364 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.15 in July 2015 to 9.80, a 58% improvement. Carson has entered 107 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.35
signature single · Rocky Top 2018
3,364
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.353.81
top 1.5%619 / 40,951
Clock4.615.77
top 3.5%288 / 8,927
Pyraminx3.446.19
top 5.2%1,364 / 28,708
3×39.8012.97
top 6.9%3,782 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded56.601:07.84
top 11.9%229 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 14 cubes · 57:31—
top 13.1%99 / 731
4×442.8750.68
top 15.6%2,361 / 19,072
Skewb5.239.45
top 20.0%3,169 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed19.9522.39
top 20.3%2,608 / 15,683
5×51:27.111:38.09
top 25.0%1,948 / 9,401
4×4 blindfolded6:49.4911:53.00
top 35.3%148 / 440
6×62:49.173:01.18
top 35.7%1,283 / 4,196
Square-125.5135.08
top 40.2%2,610 / 6,743
7×74:28.814:40.33
top 40.7%1,155 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves45.33
top 44.7%969 / 2,040
Megaminx2:05.542:17.83
top 48.9%3,635 / 7,841
5×5 blindfolded19:50.0028:19.00
top 59.3%132 / 218

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

US Nationals 2015: 23.15Virginia Open Fall 2015: 16.37Peach State Winter 2016: 16.82Athens Summer Omega 2016: 14.38Duke Summer 2016: 14.75Discovery Place 2016: 15.82Athens Fall Late Night 2016: 13.75Marietta Mystery 2016: 13.19Athens Winter 2016: 14.18Crossroads Cubing 2017: 12.94Virginia Open Winter 2017: 13.83All Aboard 2017: 14.13Unionville Open Spring 2017: 11.36Classic City Shenanigans 2017: 14.45Virginia Open Spring 2017: 12.67Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 12.51Hendersonville Spring 2017: 12.74Mountain View Open 2017: 13.17Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 12.53Hendersonville Fall 2017: 14.85South Carolina 2017: 15.10Maryland 2017: 12.21Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 10.04Rocky Top 2017: 13.73Wolfpack Winter 2018: 12.19Whale Sounds 2018: 12.99Hendersonville Winter 2018: 13.31Fruit Salad 2018: 13.62CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 12.72Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018: 11.81Carolina Cubers United 2018: 12.31Tea Time Spring 2018: 13.75Crossroads Cubing 2018: 9.80Carolina Season Starter 2018: 12.83Lowcountry Cubing 2018: 10.77Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018: 15.57Rocky Top 2018: 11.71CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 13.23Cape Fear Cubing 2019: 13.56Greensboro Summer 2019: 11.68CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.87Scuppernong Spectacular 2019: 13.43SacCubing VIII 2019: 12.59Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019: 12.74Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019: 10.70Rocky Top 2019: 14.35GA Cubers Feet Fest 2019: 12.25Charlotte Winter 2020: 13.91Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020: 14.88Cubing Peoria 2020: 13.05Rocky Top 2021: 16.14Cape Fear 2022: 14.17CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 12.69Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022: 13.33Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.88Solving in Sale 2023: 12.30Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 12.89The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 13.38North Carolina Championship 2023: 12.52CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 12.23Cubing Simple in Temple 2025: 11.14Grand Forks 2025: 12.59Michigan Mini 37 2025: 11.19North Idaho Newcomers 2026: 12.14Big Sky's Huckleberry Hurrah 2026: 12.26Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026: 11.97CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 12.49Hancock County Spring 2026: 12.017x7 Off I-70 MO 2026: 11.12Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 11.07Only Cubes in ABQ 2026: 12.09Axemann Summer 2026: 12.42Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.41Run & Cube 5K Cubikon NH 2026: 11.04Wild West Wyoming 2026: 13.43Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026: 13.64Cajun Cube Clash 2026: 10.80State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026: 11.819.8023.1531 Jul 20155 Sep 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.