People · Canada
Darren Lum
3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024LUMD01
Darren Lum has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.63, set at Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,192nd in Canada. Across 9 competitions since February 2024, he has put 100 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.62 in February 2024 to 11.63, a 49% improvement. Darren has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.63 | 13.55 | top 12.6% | 1,192 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 6.64 | top 28.3% | 1,919 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:00.13 | 2:55.19 | top 33.5% | 111 / 351 |
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
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.03 at Richmond Fall 2025.
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 15.36 at Vancouver's on Tracks 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: Burnaby Basics 2024. A 22.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026
- Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Surrey Side Events 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Solved UBC 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Davies — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Reese Pimentel — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.