People · United States
Dennis Palaganas
3×3 · top 43.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024PALA02
Dennis Palaganas has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.19, set at Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025, puts him in the top 43.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,780th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.85 in March 2024 to 21.19, a 48% improvement. Dennis has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 21.19 | 23.62 | top 43.2% | 24,780 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 33.95 | 38.34 | top 56.7% | 3,748 / 6,743 | |
| 2×2 | 7.13 | 9.59 | top 61.5% | 25,272 / 40,951 |
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
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Gaithersburg Back to School 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-30 3×3: 26.08 at River Hill Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: UMBC Winter 2024. A 40.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Makai Guay — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hassan Khanani — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Luke Harris — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-30 Square-1 single — 12,477 people have one; it is 3.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.