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Declan Sander

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022SAND02

Declan Sander has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since January 2022, he has put 1,627 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.29 in January 2022 to 8.95, a 67% improvement. Declan has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.23
signature single · Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025
1,627
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.232.92
top 1.1%117 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.185.55
top 4.3%191 / 5,993
3×38.9511.42
top 4.7%442 / 11,709
Clock6.366.90
top 8.6%108 / 1,095
3×3 blindfolded52.8759.99
top 10.8%54 / 394
Skewb4.017.37
top 11.0%283 / 3,534
4×446.3356.75
top 20.0%487 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed21.7125.67
top 25.2%565 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves42.33
top 26.7%132 / 468
Square-120.1229.33
top 28.2%276 / 899
5×51:31.871:42.73
top 28.9%388 / 1,356
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 10 cubes · 55:03—
top 34.2%62 / 180
Megaminx1:39.471:53.75
top 34.3%432 / 1,277
4×4 blindfolded8:13.10—
top 45.4%44 / 96
7×75:42.786:32.26
top 63.3%299 / 523
6×64:01.424:33.74
top 65.8%407 / 641

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

Perth Underground Open 2022: 27.29Albany Summer Solving 2022: 29.13Perth Autumn 2022: 22.30Rockingham Rapid 2022: 19.58WA Open 2022: 18.27Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 16.50Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 16.31Australian Nationals 2022: 14.56Cool Down with the Cows 2022: 13.72Butler Blitz 2022: 15.23Perth Summer 2023: 14.34Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 12.63Freo Cube-Off 2023: 15.60Mandurah Mayhem 2023: 12.29Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 13.46Perth Time Trial 2023: 10.80Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2023: 10.94WA Open 2023: 12.22Butler Blitz 2023: 10.64Speedy South Perth 2023: 12.07Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 13.61Murdoch University Open 2024: 10.72Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 12.92Perth Autumn 2024: 11.19Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024: 12.22Mundaring Mixup 2024: 11.08Perth Time Trial 2024: 12.41Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2024: 11.66Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 11.55Albany Summer Solving 2025: 11.20Perth Winter 2025: 10.66Mandurah Madness 2025: 11.17WA State Championship 2025: 10.79Australian Nationals 2025: 10.36Move It Midland 2025: 11.39Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2025: 10.41Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 8.95Perth Summer 2026: 10.42Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026: 11.91Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026: 10.69Perth Puzzle Party 2026: 9.67Australian Nationals 2026: 10.72Perth Winter 2026: 10.938.9529.1329 Jan 20221 Aug 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.

  • Amy Smith — met in 399 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Jaxon Foster — met in 360 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
  • Tyler Williams — met in 323 rounds, finished ahead 20 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.