People · New Zealand
Declan Barnes
3×3 · top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024BARN09
Declan Barnes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.37, set at Twisting in Titirangi 2025, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in New Zealand. Across 10 competitions since September 2024, he has put 157 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.81 in September 2024 to 14.37, a 44% improvement. Declan 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.37 | 20.25 | top 22.3% | 455 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 10.21 | top 22.3% | 307 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 4.34 | 5.04 | top 30.9% | 544 / 1,615 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.25 | — | top 68.8% | 487 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.27 | 1:18.87 | top 79.5% | 454 / 600 |
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
- 16 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Twisting in Titirangi 2025.
- 17 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.35 at A New Year in Auckland 2025.
- 17 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024. A 25.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025
- Twisting in Titirangi 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sqauckland 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
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.
- Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brandon Harris — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lachlan Gibson — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.