People · United States
Denham Ash
2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ASHD01
Denham Ash has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,477th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2025, he has put 363 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.05 in September 2025 to 13.00, a 48% improvement. Denham has entered twelve 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 | 2.20 | 3.69 | top 6.2% | 2,477 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.46 | 8.12 | top 16.2% | 4,280 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.00 | 14.95 | top 17.4% | 9,336 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 9.44 | 11.09 | top 22.2% | 1,712 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 22.97 | 29.63 | top 34.6% | 2,247 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.58 | 1:12.41 | top 38.2% | 6,177 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 11.91 | 18.52 | top 65.6% | 12,210 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.34 | 59.00 | top 70.8% | 10,193 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | 58.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1,859 / 2,040 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at Wichita Art Museum 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wichita Art Museum 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at OKC Winter 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.52 at Lawton OKtoberfest 2025.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Panhandling for Cubes Oklahoma 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Championship 2026 · 15 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wichita Art Museum 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- OKC Unorthodox Blocks Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- OKC Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- OKC Holiday Weeknight Cube-Off 2025 · 22 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lawton OKtoberfest 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- OKC Weeknight Solves 2025 · 11 Sep 2025
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.
- Jeffrey Woolston — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Casey Ngo — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brendon Hatfield — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.