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Declan Peters
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015PETE04
Declan Peters has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,559th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2015, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.41 in July 2015 to 8.84, a 69% improvement. Declan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.84 | 11.66 | top 4.5% | 2,559 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 6.02 | top 24.8% | 9,843 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 56.15 | 1:07.19 | top 32.2% | 5,173 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.81 | 40.55 | top 33.8% | 4,510 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.45 | 10.30 | top 40.2% | 11,667 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.55 | 2:07.61 | top 44.5% | 3,711 / 9,537 |
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
- 8 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.44 at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.84 at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026.
- 19 Mar 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.58 at Athens Spring 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at Athens Spring 2016.
- 31 Jul 2015First competition: US Nationals 2015. A 28.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026 · 2 May 2026
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Discovery Place 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Athens Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015
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.
- Nicolás Sánchez — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Avery — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jared Stinson — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.