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Darby Lee

Skewb · top 0.34% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018LEED03

Darby Lee has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.42, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Australia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2018, he has put 979 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.53 in March 2018 to 8.47, a 45% improvement. Darby has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.34% of 73,281 all-time
1.42
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
979
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb1.424.49
top 0.34%18 / 3,534
2×21.693.11
top 3.0%243 / 8,567
Pyraminx2.967.06
top 3.5%163 / 5,993
3×38.4710.11
top 3.7%349 / 11,709
Clock4.986.22
top 4.4%61 / 1,095
Square-19.2412.79
top 4.8%51 / 899
Megaminx51.011:04.04
top 5.5%73 / 1,277
4×436.0139.43
top 7.7%201 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed14.9318.53
top 8.0%184 / 2,659
6×61:56.902:09.39
top 9.8%56 / 641
5×51:07.461:14.95
top 9.9%133 / 1,356
7×73:13.933:19.33
top 14.5%67 / 523
3×3 blindfolded1:20.963:03.50
top 19.9%104 / 394
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 49:43—
top 39.1%70 / 180
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves41.33
top 40.9%191 / 468
4×4 blindfolded11:23.00—
top 63.8%66 / 96

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

ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 15.53Cube for Cambodia 2018: 14.40Melbourne Winter 2018: 13.08St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 13.13Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 11.37Melbourne Summer 2019: 10.81Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 11.24Melbourne Summer 2020: 9.60Melbourne Summer 2025: 9.52Spark Melbourne February 2025: 8.92Melbourne Summer 2026: 9.26North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026: 9.02Australian Nationals 2026: 8.478.4715.5317 Mar 20189 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.