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Darius Burt

3×3 · top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016BURT01

Darius Burt has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at UW or U Don't 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 991st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since April 2016, he has put 701 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.65 in April 2016 to 7.22, a 43% improvement. Darius has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time
7.22
signature single · UW or U Don't 2023
701
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.228.61
top 1.6%991 / 60,666
2×22.273.07
top 6.8%2,739 / 41,674
3×3 one-handed14.7118.56
top 7.6%1,022 / 15,900
4×442.3648.92
top 15.0%2,283 / 19,354
Pyraminx6.058.65
top 20.4%5,575 / 29,168
Square-119.7925.88
top 27.6%1,837 / 6,846
Skewb6.559.40
top 30.2%5,031 / 19,164
5×51:33.431:56.33
top 30.3%2,423 / 9,537
Clock12.0317.42
top 35.1%2,847 / 9,172
Megaminx2:07.972:16.85
top 50.3%3,821 / 8,026
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,117 / 2,059
6×64:13.344:51.70
top 69.9%2,778 / 4,262

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

Atomic Cubing 2016: 12.65Rose City 2016: 12.80US Nationals 2016: 13.51Oregon 2016: 12.93Puget Sound Fall 2016: 10.98Puget Sound Winter 2017: 9.73Atomic Fools 2017: 10.08SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 9.91Northwest Championships 2017: 9.86Spokane Valley Summer 2017: 8.69Puget Sound Fall 2017: 8.34SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 9.09Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017: 8.19Atomic Cubing Spring 2018: 9.01SnoCo Summer 2018: 9.57CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.26Atomic Cubing Spring 2019: 11.49Puget Sound Spring 2019: 9.33Central Washington Winter 2020: 8.96Odd Seattle Summer 2022: 7.88Bothell Summer 2023: 8.77UW or U Don't 2023: 7.22Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.227.2213.519 Apr 20163 Jul 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.