People · Canada
Darren Tang
3×3 · top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018TANG01
Darren Tang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.62, set at Waterloo Favourites A 2023, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,860th in Canada. Across 19 competitions since January 2018, he has put 366 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.13 in January 2018 to 13.62, a 36% improvement. Darren has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 13.62 | 16.09 | top 19.6% | 1,860 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 47.27 | 51.17 | top 21.2% | 529 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 4.08 | 5.44 | top 27.5% | 1,861 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 6.67 | 10.54 | top 31.0% | 758 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.27 | 1:51.69 | top 38.5% | 482 / 1,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.60 | 10.80 | top 41.4% | 1,912 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 44.00 | top 44.7% | 139 / 283 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.38 | 36.01 | top 45.2% | 1,037 / 2,620 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.98 | 2:38.01 | top 46.2% | 514 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.12 | 3:53.98 | top 58.7% | 330 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 6:48.21 | — | early days — 3 solves | 363 / 503 | |
| Clock | 28.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 825 / 1,029 |
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
- 2 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Return to Toronto 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at No 3x3x3 Mississauga 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.04 at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 19 May 2018Five personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.55 at Niagara Select 2018.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Pickering Fall B 2023 · 22 Oct 2023
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Americas 2019 · 17 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Hill Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Ajax Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Americas 2018 · 4 Nov 2018
- No 3x3x3 Mississauga 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
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.
- Marco Yang (杨柯辰) — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Derek Kong — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ryan Wu — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.