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Darren Faules

2×2 · top 2.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014FAUL01

Darren Faules has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Maryland 2017, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,090th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since November 2014, he has put 881 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.59 in April 2015 to 8.57, a 76% improvement. Darren has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.8% of 189,179 all-time
1.63
signature single · Maryland 2017
881
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.632.13
top 2.8%1,090 / 41,674
3×38.579.92
top 3.9%2,234 / 60,666
Skewb3.305.88
top 6.6%1,035 / 19,164
4×435.3339.94
top 7.1%1,109 / 19,354
Pyraminx5.417.16
top 15.9%4,262 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed29.1035.18
top 44.6%6,117 / 15,900
Clock25.0729.41
top 76.8%6,918 / 9,172

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

Virginia Open Spring 2015: 35.59US Nationals 2015: 26.16Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 18.97US Nationals 2016: 18.74Severna Park Fall 2016: 20.10TJHSST Fall 2016: 20.85Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 18.81CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 16.01Severna Park Summer 2017: 17.46Michigan 2017: 13.79Rally In The Valley 2017: 14.07Maryland 2017: 14.54Northern Neck Winter 2018: 12.69Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 13.88NovaCube 2018: 14.96ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 11.22Rally In The Valley 2018: 11.16Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018: 12.11CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.71Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 11.64RVAutumn 2018: 12.08TJHSST Fall 2018: 10.53Northern Neck Winter 2019: 12.22Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 9.23Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019: 10.28Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019: 10.09River Hill Spring 2019: 9.38Richmond Spring 2019: 10.44Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 10.80CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.09Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024: 8.84GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 8.57Georgia Tech Tuesday Tiny I 2026: 9.29GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 9.18Alabama Championship 2026: 9.15Middle Georgia Fall Frenzy 2026: 9.138.5735.5911 Apr 201517 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.