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Daryl Aliben

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ALIB02

Daryl Aliben has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.71, set at Ayase Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2017, he has put 401 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.56 in September 2017 to 7.71, a 33% improvement. Daryl has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.71
signature single · Ayase Autumn 2019
401
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×37.719.72
top 2.3%200 / 6,270
Megaminx42.6548.56
top 2.3%16 / 690
4×432.2338.40
top 4.4%100 / 2,135
2×22.584.12
top 9.7%382 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed15.9320.08
top 10.0%227 / 2,440
5×51:07.911:17.04
top 10.2%112 / 928
7×73:00.143:06.46
top 10.6%38 / 275
Pyraminx5.217.10
top 14.5%391 / 2,621
6×62:13.702:26.76
top 17.2%66 / 298
Square-119.6124.57
top 27.1%117 / 374
Skewb6.997.71
top 33.6%525 / 1,320
Clock14.9016.12
top 47.6%299 / 534
3×3 blindfolded3:02.84
early days — 2 solves159 / 274

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

Yokohama 2017: 11.56TMU Open 2018: 9.28Omiya Bigs 2018: 8.86Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018: 9.75Saitama 2018: 8.95Japan Championship 2018: 9.02Ayase 2019: 8.09Tribox Open Spring 2019: 10.02South Luzon Open 2019: 8.23Ayase Autumn 2019: 7.71Japan Championship 2019: 8.44Ayase 2020: 10.05San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2024: 8.237.7111.5617 Sep 20173 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 2.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.