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Dalton Padgett

2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015PADG01

Dalton Padgett has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,221st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 89 competitions since July 2015, he has put 2,964 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Clock best has come down from 8.58 in April 2017 to 5.45, a 36% improvement. Dalton has entered 89 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.71
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2023
2,964
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.713.99
top 3.1%1,221 / 40,951
Clock5.456.27
top 5.6%436 / 8,927
3×39.5112.02
top 6.1%3,394 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.8021.67
top 7.7%1,030 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.075.96
top 8.0%2,050 / 28,708
7×72:53.353:03.73
top 8.7%236 / 3,184
Skewb3.746.47
top 9.2%1,412 / 18,907
4×437.4842.46
top 9.2%1,378 / 19,072
6×61:58.092:11.03
top 10.2%365 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves34.33
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
Megaminx1:04.321:14.92
top 12.3%834 / 7,841
5×51:11.101:19.32
top 12.4%955 / 9,401
Square-115.5119.58
top 17.5%1,189 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded2:11.91—
top 37.3%782 / 2,092
4×4 blindfolded21:25.00—
early days — 1 solve399 / 440

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

Hendersonville Spring 2017: 8.58Mountain View Open 2017: 8.37Classic City Shhhhh 2017: 8.26CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.28Hendersonville Fall 2017: 6.93Rocky Top 2017: 7.15Classic City 4 Charity 2017: 7.80Hendersonville Winter 2018: 6.22Classic City Closer 2018: 6.77CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 6.65CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 6.54GA Cubers Mountain Trip 2018: 6.90Rocky Top 2018: 5.51CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 6.24Hendersonville Winter 2019: 6.65CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 6.92CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.20GA Cubers Sunset 2019: 6.58Rocky Top 2019: 6.27Blue Ridge Mountains 2020: 6.00GA Cubers Return B 2021: 6.58GA Cubers Quiet Quarrel 2021: 7.23Rocky Top 2021: 5.86Florida Fall 2021: 6.51GA Cubers Celebration 2022: 6.65Florida Big & Blind & Time 2022: 6.20GA Cubers Big & Blind & Time 2022: 5.62GA Cubers Warm Up 2022: 5.70CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 6.007x7 in a Madison Park 2022: 6.38GA Cubers Mashed Potatoes 2022: 6.11Rocky Top 2022: 6.26GA Cubers Personal Best Quest 2022: 6.52Niner Nation Open 2023: 6.30Wolfpack Winter 2023: 5.45Cubing in the Clouds 2023: 6.23Kendeda Kubing B 2023: 6.47CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 5.53AlphaCubing B 2023: 6.40Concord Summer 2023: 6.75CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.83Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 8.44North Carolina Championship 2023: 7.04Rocky Top 2023: 7.32Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023: 6.76Choo Choo Cubing B 2024: 6.65See Georgia: Lake Russell B 2024: 8.43Concord Summer 2024: 6.82CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 6.36Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 5.51GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 7.15NCSU Wolfpack 2024: 7.69GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 6.72North Carolina Championship 2025: 7.03CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 7.67Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.75Concord Summer 2025: 7.42GA Cubers Three Bananas 2025: 7.63Georgia Championship 2026: 6.855.458.5823 Apr 201717 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, Clock. 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 0.71 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.