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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.

2×2
best event — top 14.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.06
signature single · Cubing at The Game Expo 2024
112
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.065.56
top 14.9%1,139 / 8,567
Pyraminx5.779.51
top 18.3%906 / 5,993
3×316.8821.08
top 30.6%2,870 / 11,709
4×41:25.24
top 60.1%1,692 / 3,051
Skewb12.4316.68
top 68.2%2,291 / 3,534
Clock24.83
early days — 2 solves838 / 1,095
3×3 one-handed49.70
early days — 3 solves1,884 / 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

Melbourne Summer 2023: 13.54Victorian Open 2023: 8.19Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 5.88Melbourne Summer 2024: 5.13Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 3.06Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 5.60Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 4.533.0613.5420 Jan 202327 Sep 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-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.