People · United States
David Barkley
3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025BARK04
David Barkley has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.82, set at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,991st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 56 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.86 in August 2025 to 12.82, a 41% improvement. David has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 12.82 | 15.79 | top 16.8% | 8,991 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.63 | 9.96 | top 33.1% | 9,306 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.54 | 12.27 | top 37.8% | 6,465 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 5.13 | 6.48 | top 40.9% | 16,440 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.94 | 31.79 | top 44.2% | 5,982 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,264 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 31.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,633 / 8,927 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.87 at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: Cubing by the Kings OH 2025. A 21.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing by the Kings OH 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
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.
- Sage Albright — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Garrett — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carson Clark (张卡森) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.