People · Germany
Darwin Lahtz
2×2 · top 7.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LAHT01
Darwin Lahtz has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 214 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.01 in March 2025 to 13.91, a 23% improvement. Darwin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 5.38 | top 7.7% | 310 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 | 13.91 | 17.13 | top 20.6% | 1,019 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 56.16 | 1:21.14 | top 32.2% | 597 / 1,934 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.86 | 15.42 | top 35.0% | 812 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.51 | 38.19 | top 52.3% | 675 / 1,314 | |
| Skewb | 9.94 | 12.40 | top 54.6% | 709 / 1,169 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.68 | 2:49.03 | top 63.0% | 460 / 787 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.96 | — | early days — 3 solves | 964 / 1,158 |
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
- 16 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.91 at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: German Newcomer Day 2025. A 18.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Achim Spies — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luca Dalton — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Phillip Conrad — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.