People · Australia
Darius Tan
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022TAND01
Darius Tan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.92, set at Speedy Southport 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 260th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2022, he has put 414 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.89 in April 2022 to 7.92, an 80% improvement. Darius has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.92 | 12.16 | top 2.7% | 260 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 3.51 | top 3.3% | 272 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.20 | 9.30 | top 21.5% | 1,085 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 52.80 | 59.09 | top 28.2% | 754 / 3,108 | |
| Skewb | 6.42 | 9.80 | top 29.2% | 826 / 3,589 | |
| Square-1 | 20.71 | 28.27 | top 29.6% | 291 / 920 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.81 | 29.24 | top 31.1% | 713 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 11.23 | 14.31 | top 31.1% | 343 / 1,159 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.09 | 1:40.42 | top 31.5% | 393 / 1,313 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.37 | 1:58.01 | top 38.7% | 535 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.97 | 3:25.62 | top 51.5% | 326 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 6:22.67 | — | top 72.8% | 362 / 540 |
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
- 30 May 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Big Cube Time Brisbane 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.92 at Speedy Southport 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Speedy Southport 2025.
- 2 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at QLD State Championship 2025.
- 8 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Big Cube Time Brisbane 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Speedy Southport 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Northside Spring Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Autumn 2022 · 2 Apr 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.
- Kyle Jones — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Connor Theodore — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.