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Darko Zakelšek

2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012ZAKE01

Darko Zakelšek has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Ponikva Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in Slovenia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since April 2012, he has put 1,105 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.19 in April 2012 to 10.20, a 28% improvement. Darko has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.06
signature single · Ponikva Open 2023
1,105
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSlovenia
2×22.064.31
top 5.2%27 / 332
3×310.2013.23
top 8.0%45 / 381
4×439.9444.93
top 12.1%25 / 176
Pyraminx5.307.72
top 15.1%49 / 233
Megaminx1:19.611:24.97
top 21.5%20 / 82
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves39.67
top 23.4%10 / 36
5×51:30.311:41.37
top 27.6%28 / 96
3×3 one-handed23.1528.85
top 29.2%36 / 138
Skewb6.6613.04
top 31.0%62 / 155
6×63:17.313:22.98
top 49.2%23 / 43
7×75:23.665:42.63
top 57.8%25 / 41
3×3 blindfolded3:27.464:08.94
top 60.3%16 / 28
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 22:03—
early days — 2 solves10 / 13

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

Slovenian Open 2012: 14.19ARGO Open 2013: 12.52Slovenian Open 2013: 12.02Ljubljana Open 2013: 13.75Hungarian Open 2013: 14.28Slovenian Open 2014: 13.46Maribor Open 2014: 13.03Hungarian Open 2014: 13.58Slovenian Open 2015: 12.91Lent Open 2015: 12.85Slovenian Open 2016: 13.27Croatian Open 2016: 13.56Hungarian Open 2016: 12.48Slovenian Open 2017: 11.73Slovenia Nationals 2018: 12.59Ljubljana Open 2018: 11.31Ponikva Open 2022: 11.25Slovenian Nationals 2022: 12.89Ponikva Open 2023: 13.60Slovenian Nationals 2023: 12.77Ponikva Open 2024: 11.30Slovenian Nationals 2024: 11.74Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025: 10.20Slovenian Nationals 2025: 14.16Hungarian Open 2025: 11.65Maribor Open 2026: 11.85Slovenian Nationals 2026: 13.0210.2014.2814 Apr 201228 Aug 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.