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Declan Gladwin

2×2 · top 1.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023GLAD02

Declan Gladwin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 577th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2023, he has put 426 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.14 in February 2023 to 8.91, a 53% improvement. Declan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.30
signature single · Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026
426
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.302.77
top 1.4%577 / 41,674
3×38.9112.14
top 4.7%2,654 / 60,666
4×443.5750.79
top 16.6%2,543 / 19,354
5×51:17.401:37.41
top 17.2%1,350 / 9,537
Skewb5.747.74
top 23.8%3,891 / 19,164
Pyraminx7.039.23
top 28.1%7,853 / 29,168
Megaminx1:39.521:58.97
top 34.4%2,499 / 8,026
3×3 one-handed25.4629.09
top 35.6%4,757 / 15,900
Square-124.7534.16
top 38.7%2,546 / 6,846
Clock13.7116.50
top 42.6%3,506 / 9,172
7×75:51.15—
early days — 3 solves2,022 / 3,236
6×64:04.58—
early days — 1 solve2,650 / 4,262

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

Wolfpack Winter 2023: 19.14Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023: 18.53Warwick Cube Day 2023: 15.24CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.95Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 13.52Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 11.88Virginia Championship 2023: 12.28Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 10.01UMBC Winter 2024: 11.12Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024: 10.96Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 11.35Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.89More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 10.64Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026: 8.918.9119.145 Feb 202319 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.