People · Australia
Darsh Patel
3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PATE16
Darsh Patel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 583rd in Australia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2022, he has put 436 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.39 in July 2022 to 9.57, a 73% improvement. Darsh has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 13.13 | top 6.3% | 583 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.36 | 5.79 | top 9.5% | 440 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 4.69 | 6.75 | top 15.9% | 421 / 3,589 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.07 | top 18.2% | 1,390 / 8,727 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.12 | 1:23.83 | top 21.2% | 258 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 54.31 | 56.93 | top 30.0% | 796 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.23 | 32.43 | top 40.0% | 932 / 2,685 | |
| Square-1 | 35.75 | 37.96 | top 59.6% | 596 / 920 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 849 / 1,412 |
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 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at QLD State Championship 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wide Bay Cubing 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024.
- 28 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023.
Competitions
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Newcomers 2025 · 2 Mar 2025
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wide Bay Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Jamie Otsu — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Connor Theodore — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Connor Sharpe — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.