People · Malaysia
Darren Lim Yong Jun
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017JUND01
Darren Lim Yong Jun has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2017, he has put 393 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.93 in August 2017 to 8.50, a 34% improvement. Darren has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 11.20 | top 3.7% | 188 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 4.44 | top 9.0% | 227 / 2,541 | |
| Skewb | 5.29 | 14.97 | top 20.4% | 245 / 1,053 | |
| 4×4 | 54.90 | 1:01.06 | top 30.6% | 492 / 1,219 | |
| Square-1 | 22.80 | 32.11 | top 34.3% | 150 / 364 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.88 | 29.16 | top 36.5% | 576 / 1,327 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.07 | 10.49 | top 36.8% | 744 / 1,723 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.61 | 2:52.99 | top 49.9% | 306 / 518 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:42.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 124 / 169 |
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 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.50 at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2022.
- 22 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2019.
- 23 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017First competition: MYCA Cube Day 2017. A 12.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Unikl MFI Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
- USM Penang Cube 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- MYCA Cube Day 2017 · 26 Aug 2017
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.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 78 rounds, never finished ahead
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.