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Declan Gladwin
2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 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 1.48, set at More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 825th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2023, he has put 391 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.14 in February 2023 to 10.01, a 48% improvement. Declan has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 2.77 | top 2.1% | 825 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.01 | 12.14 | top 7.5% | 4,115 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.57 | 50.79 | top 16.5% | 2,502 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.40 | 1:37.41 | top 17.1% | 1,324 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 5.74 | 7.74 | top 23.8% | 3,838 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.03 | 9.23 | top 28.1% | 7,743 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.52 | 1:58.97 | top 34.3% | 2,437 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.46 | 29.09 | top 35.4% | 4,679 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 24.75 | 34.16 | top 38.6% | 2,509 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 13.71 | 16.50 | top 42.6% | 3,422 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 5:51.15 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,982 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 4:04.58 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,606 / 4,196 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
Competitions
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023
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.
- Rich Tayag — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Currin Wilson — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.