People · United States
Davis Kessler
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018KESS02
Davis Kessler has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.84, set at Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,854th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2018, he has put 104 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.79 in February 2018 to 9.84, a 33% improvement. Davis has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.84 | 11.64 | top 7.0% | 3,854 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.31 | 50.84 | top 16.2% | 2,451 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 15.32 | 24.75 | top 17.1% | 1,159 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.47 | 23.49 | top 24.5% | 3,151 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.95 | 6.68 | top 50.4% | 20,467 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.16 | 2:25.78 | top 50.5% | 4,238 / 9,401 |
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
- 11 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Spring 2024.
- 17 Feb 2018First competition: Slow N Steady Winter 2018. A 14.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
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.
- Ryan Farish — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Aubrey Trace — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liam Chen — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.