People · United States
Douglas Chaplow
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CHAP06
Douglas Chaplow has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.10, set at Fountain City Holiday Special 2023, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 875th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2022, he has put 377 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.26 in October 2022 to 7.10, a 46% improvement. Douglas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.10 | 9.70 | top 1.4% | 875 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.60 | 6.94 | top 2.5% | 651 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 4.05 | top 10.9% | 4,307 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.89 | 18.80 | top 14.8% | 1,917 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.64 | 51.36 | top 20.4% | 3,095 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.09 | 1:37.68 | top 22.5% | 1,736 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:38.53 | 2:38.24 | top 26.0% | 545 / 2,092 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.92 | 1:45.46 | top 31.3% | 2,209 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 13.53 | 17.84 | top 41.9% | 3,356 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.31 | 3:14.82 | top 44.0% | 1,627 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:54.06 | 5:08.81 | top 48.9% | 1,420 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 35.72 | 46.45 | top 59.6% | 3,938 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 11.43 | 14.84 | top 63.2% | 11,707 / 18,907 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 8.0 2025.
- 6 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 5.0 2024.
- 9 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Fountain City Holiday Special 2023.
- 3 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Jacksonville Winter 2023.
- 3 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Jacksonville Winter 2023.
- 11 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Get Ahead in Andalusia 2023.
Competitions
- FSUbers 11.0 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 5.0 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Fountain City Holiday Special 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Jacksonville Winter 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Get Ahead in Andalusia 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Crystal City Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tommy Cherry — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Will McCoy — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Daniel Porter — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.