People · Australia
Darren Ly
2×2 · top 14.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LYDA01
Darren Ly has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at Cubing at The Game Expo 2024, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,139th in Australia. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, he has put 112 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.54 in January 2023 to 3.06, a 77% improvement. Darren has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 5.56 | top 14.9% | 1,139 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.77 | 9.51 | top 18.3% | 906 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 16.88 | 21.08 | top 30.6% | 2,870 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.24 | — | top 60.1% | 1,692 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 12.43 | 16.68 | top 68.2% | 2,291 / 3,534 | |
| Clock | 24.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 838 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.70 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,884 / 2,659 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.42 at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 22.66 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023First competition: Melbourne Summer 2023. A 38.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Cubing at The Game Expo 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lennon Hughes — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.