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Declan Wilhelm
Megaminx · top 0.083% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016WILH03
Declan Wilhelm has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 27.49, set at Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2026, puts him in the top 0.083% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in the United States. Until December 2019, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 130 competitions since November 2016, he has put 4,577 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.64 in April 2017 to 6.55, a 67% improvement. Declan has entered 130 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 27.49 | 34.56 | top 0.083% | 5 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 1.08 | 1.86 | top 0.72% | 301 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 6.55 | 8.01 | top 0.9% | 567 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.25 | 3.74 | top 1.6% | 422 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.18 | 14.49 | top 2.0% | 323 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 29.21 | 34.91 | top 2.4% | 387 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 2.82 | 5.04 | top 4.1% | 642 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 58.84 | 1:05.30 | top 4.9% | 410 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 25 moves | 32.00 | top 5.1% | 118 / 2,040 | |
| 7×7 | 2:41.73 | 2:50.95 | top 5.9% | 157 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 9.93 | 12.70 | top 5.9% | 433 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 5.74 | 7.44 | top 6.4% | 497 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 1:48.59 | 1:53.79 | top 6.7% | 226 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:46.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,042 / 2,092 |
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
- 23 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Spring 2025.
- 17 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023.
- 13 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pittsburgh Fall 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
- 14 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2022.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- King of Prussia Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cape May Summer B 2026 · 21 Jun 2026
- Axemann Summer 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2026 · 19 Apr 2026
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Side Events in Palisades 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- King of Prussia Spring 2026 · 15 Mar 2026
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- No Sprinting NY 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Axemann Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucks County Cubing PM 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- PBs in Palisades Winter 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- Hudson Valley Winter 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Pop Off Princeton 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kisco Cubing 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NoVA Megaminx Melee 2024 · 29 Dec 2024
- Long Island Side Events 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- King of Prussia Weeknights 2024 · 5 Dec 2024
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Fast in Fayette 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Cumberland County Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2024 · 6 Oct 2024
- East Berlin Favorites PA 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tri-State Corner Comms PA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- High Five Bloomsburg 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Rochelle at Nite 2 2024 · 12 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berwick Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024 · 12 May 2024
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Valley Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Side Events 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pop Princeton 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Crystal City Winter 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
- Babylon Summer 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Scranton Scramble 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- No Place For DNF Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Branchburg Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Arcadia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Spring 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fall Foliage Cubing 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Winter 2018 · 4 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
- Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 456 rounds, finished ahead 91 times
- Livia Kleiner — met in 408 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- Zayn Khanani — met in 400 rounds, finished ahead 82 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 2.49 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.