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Darby Allison
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ALLI02
Darby Allison has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,083rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2022, he has put 207 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.36 in August 2022 to 9.27, a 50% improvement. Darby has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.27 | 15.32 | top 5.5% | 3,083 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.88 | top 12.4% | 4,890 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.49 | 9.62 | top 23.7% | 6,448 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.78 | 11.38 | top 31.9% | 5,311 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.48 | 1:20.66 | top 43.4% | 7,149 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.27 | — | top 64.5% | 5,606 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.86 | — | top 74.7% | 10,825 / 15,683 |
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 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 8 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Get to the Point 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Get to the Point 2022.
- 14 Aug 2022First competition: NxN Minnesota 2022. A 18.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023 · 29 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Get to the Point 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NxN Minnesota 2022 · 14 Aug 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.
- James Ekins — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Walker Welch — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.