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David Craig

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2021 · 2021CRAI01

David Craig has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Playford Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 305th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2021, he has put 521 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.39 in June 2021 to 8.18, a 72% improvement. David has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.18
signature single · Playford Cubing 2023
521
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.1811.39
top 3.1%305 / 11,709
2×21.984.53
top 4.6%353 / 8,567
Pyraminx4.949.45
top 12.8%606 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed18.5422.65
top 16.5%363 / 2,659
Skewb5.6510.89
top 23.1%610 / 3,534
Square-118.0625.03
top 23.5%230 / 899
4×449.1357.40
top 23.6%586 / 3,051
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
early days — 1 solve156 / 468
5×51:40.041:58.20
top 35.4%477 / 1,356
3×3 blindfolded2:38.74—
top 46.0%199 / 394
Megaminx2:12.80—
top 52.6%647 / 1,277
Clock18.5927.37
top 60.5%622 / 1,095
6×63:46.409:04.65
top 61.0%375 / 641
7×75:54.756:25.21
top 66.4%313 / 523

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

SA State Championship 2021: 29.39Adelaide Summer 2022: 14.07Adelaide Autumn 2022: 9.74Clare Valley Cubing 2022: 12.56Adelaide Autumn 2023: 12.37Australian Nationals 2023: 9.10Playford Cubing 2023: 8.18Adelaide Summer 2024: 9.92Half Turns in Hallett Cove 2024: 10.26Australian Nationals 2024: 10.44SA State Championship 2025: 11.33Kubing in Klemzig 2025: 12.23Adelaide Autumn 2026: 12.94Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 11.678.1829.395 Jun 202122 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.