People · United States
Clay Arnold
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023ARNO10
Clay Arnold has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.21, set at Colorado Springs Summer 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,997th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2023, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.45 in November 2023 to 9.21, a 12% improvement. Clay has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 9.90 | top 5.4% | 2,997 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.95 | 44.15 | top 46.5% | 6,329 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 6.56 | 9.01 | top 56.5% | 23,144 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 2:04.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,740 / 19,072 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Colorado Springs Summer 2025.
- 11 Nov 2023First competition: Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023. A 10.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Colorado Springs Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Junior Solis — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Evan Wilson — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Raymos Castillo — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.