People · United States
Davis Ratliff
Clock · top 8.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025RATL01
Davis Ratliff has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.25, set at LA Unorthodox Twistgiving 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 635th in the United States. Until August 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2025, he has put 400 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.63 in February 2025 to 12.51, a 45% improvement. Davis has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.25 | 7.75 | top 8.1% | 635 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 4.73 | top 13.0% | 5,116 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.14 | 7.23 | top 14.1% | 3,683 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.51 | 14.90 | top 15.7% | 8,378 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.08 | 34.08 | top 31.7% | 4,115 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 55.98 | 1:03.82 | top 31.9% | 5,069 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.90 | 1:50.62 | top 35.1% | 2,504 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 24.82 | 36.22 | top 38.8% | 2,519 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 8.41 | 11.03 | top 44.3% | 7,805 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.69 | 2:28.49 | top 55.8% | 4,723 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:15.35 | 4:45.48 | top 70.4% | 2,761 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:06.35 | 7:34.10 | top 81.2% | 2,551 / 3,184 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at LA Unorthodox Twistgiving 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 24 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Assumption Mustang Cubing 2025.
- 24 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Assumption Mustang Cubing 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.70 at Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer LA 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- LA Low and Slow 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- LA Unorthodox Twistgiving 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Assumption Mustang Cubing 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- South East Louisiana Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Mississippi Championship 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Peyton Tumy — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Gunner Engelsman — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
- Seth Talbot — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.