People · Australia
Darcy Waring
2×2 · top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022WARI01
Darcy Waring has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Cubing in the Dilly 2023, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 624th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2022, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.93 in June 2022 to 13.83, a 40% improvement. Darcy has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 2.44 | 4.85 | top 8.3% | 624 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 13.83 | 17.54 | top 20.4% | 1,819 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.46 | 11.02 | top 31.7% | 1,670 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 6.86 | 8.76 | top 32.5% | 906 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,187 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:13.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,363 / 2,659 |
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
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.94 at Cubing in the Dilly 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Dilly 2023.
- 28 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.71 at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: NSW Open 2022. A 22.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Dilly 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Winter Sunday 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
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.
- Oscar Liang — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- James Kirschner — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jad Smith — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.