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David Clarke

2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022CLAR32

David Clarke has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2022, he has put 1,066 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.28 in November 2022 to 7.24, a 71% improvement. David has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time
1.22
signature single · Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026
1,066
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.221.90
top 1.1%121 / 8,727
3×37.248.92
top 1.6%182 / 11,943
4×428.5334.82
top 2.1%55 / 3,108
Pyraminx2.664.37
top 2.6%127 / 6,109
Skewb2.434.60
top 2.7%93 / 3,589
Clock4.284.94
top 2.9%37 / 1,159
3×3 one-handed13.4216.21
top 5.2%121 / 2,685
Megaminx52.701:04.35
top 6.4%87 / 1,313
5×51:04.761:07.79
top 8.3%117 / 1,412
Square-112.1919.02
top 10.3%113 / 920
6×61:59.042:02.84
top 10.7%61 / 667
7×73:04.103:10.64
top 11.7%58 / 540
3×3 blindfolded1:19.38—
top 19.4%102 / 399

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

Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 25.28Melbourne Summer 2023: 17.35Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 15.97Apollo Bay Cubing 2023: 11.50Victorian Open 2023: 10.86Geelong Winter 2023: 12.50Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 10.61Australian Nationals 2023: 9.06Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023: 10.30Melbourne Summer 2024: 10.74Altona Algorithms 2024: 10.17Australian Nationals 2024: 9.81Melbourne Summer 2025: 9.12Spark Melbourne February 2025: 9.23Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025: 8.07Australian Nationals 2025: 9.36Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 8.12Melbourne Summer 2026: 8.46West Melbourne Open 2026: 7.94Australian Nationals 2026: 7.50Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026: 7.247.2425.2812 Nov 202226 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.