People · Australia
Darcy Trathen
2×2 · top 14.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024TRAT01
Darcy Trathen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,139th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 148 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.89 in March 2024 to 14.20, a 43% improvement. Darcy 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 5.24 | top 14.9% | 1,139 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 14.20 | 16.65 | top 21.7% | 1,947 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.68 | 7.64 | top 25.3% | 1,279 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.63 | 1:20.98 | top 37.1% | 986 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.50 | 43.34 | top 38.1% | 881 / 2,659 | |
| Clock | 13.84 | — | top 43.2% | 445 / 1,095 | |
| Skewb | 11.71 | 14.28 | top 64.6% | 2,152 / 3,534 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,003 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 48.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 705 / 899 | |
| Megaminx | 3:03.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,024 / 1,277 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Don't Inverloch Up 2025.
- 3 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Don't Inverloch Up 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.90 at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 16 Mar 2024First competition: Brilliant Ballarat 2024. A 24.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2024 · 16 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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Dinh — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.