People · United States
David Scott
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018SCOT02
David Scott has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,846th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2018, he has put 544 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.70 in February 2018 to 8.26, a 44% improvement. David has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.26 | 10.87 | top 3.3% | 1,846 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 35.74 | 41.93 | top 7.4% | 1,129 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 56.29 | 1:01.30 | top 8.0% | 561 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.21 | 21.58 | top 8.6% | 1,145 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 4.17 | 7.13 | top 12.1% | 1,879 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 4.88 | top 13.7% | 5,371 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.33 | 1:31.53 | top 21.8% | 1,692 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 22.54 | 28.16 | top 33.6% | 2,191 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.74 | 10.54 | top 34.0% | 9,613 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.92 | 2:56.51 | top 35.5% | 1,277 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:02.72 | 5:03.69 | top 51.4% | 1,497 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 19.75 | 23.33 | top 63.9% | 5,438 / 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
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bayou Big Cubes 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.49 at Going Fast in Franklin 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Going Fast in Franklin 2023.
- 23 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Mississippi Capstone 2019.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Minxing in Memphis 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arkansolve Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bayou Big Cubes 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Going Fast in Franklin 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mississippi Capstone 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Grind City 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Grind City 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Elliott Ashe — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 48 times · head to head
- Katie Hull — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Eli Parker — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.