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David Goldberg
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013GOLD03
David Goldberg has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,432nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since April 2013, he has put 264 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.71 in April 2013 to 8.78, a 36% improvement. David has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 8.78 | 11.68 | top 4.4% | 2,432 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 12.80 | 16.26 | top 38.8% | 3,076 / 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
- 19 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.78 at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026.
- 13 Apr 2013First competition: Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013. A 13.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- UCSD Weeknights IX 2026 · 24 Apr 2026
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD March A 2026 · 1 Mar 2026
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- UCSD Maybe 2025 · 11 May 2025
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
- Poway Summer Cubing 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mountains Open Up 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
- Virginia Open Fall 2014 · 18 Oct 2014
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013 · 12 Oct 2013
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013 · 13 Apr 2013
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.
- August Barnard — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Govic — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.