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Dylan Himmelfarb

2×2 · top 0.081% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023HIMM02

Dylan Himmelfarb has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.66, set at Christchurch Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.081% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in New Zealand. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since October 2023, he has put 2,307 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.42 in October 2023 to 6.49, a 38% improvement. Dylan has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.081% of 186,767 all-time
0.66
signature single · Christchurch Winter 2026
2,307
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.661.29
top 0.081%6 / 1,615
Pyraminx1.321.77
top 0.24%9 / 1,141
3×36.497.96
top 0.84%33 / 2,095
Skewb1.983.34
top 1.3%20 / 666
3×3 one-handed11.3813.96
top 2.2%23 / 600
Clock4.155.02
top 2.6%21 / 303
4×429.7733.71
top 2.7%35 / 722
3×3 blindfolded34.181:08.66
top 5.3%11 / 86
5×51:00.611:11.34
top 5.8%28 / 355
Megaminx52.1258.13
top 6.0%29 / 283
Square-110.3614.45
top 6.8%26 / 251
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 19 cubes · 54:18—
top 8.3%10 / 49
4×4 blindfolded3:13.254:18.56
top 9.0%3 / 23
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.33
top 14.8%26 / 111
5×5 blindfolded9:44.71—
top 20.6%3 / 11
7×73:35.453:55.13
top 21.7%33 / 126
6×62:23.042:26.51
top 22.0%44 / 149

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

Half Turns Hataitai 2023: 10.42New Zealand Nationals 2023: 13.47Welcome to Wellington 2024: 9.87NZ South Island Championship 2024: 10.37Palmerston North 2024: 10.35Solve Well In Wellington 2024: 10.37NZ North Island Championship 2024: 9.81Only Cubes in Wellington 2024: 10.40Kubing in Kapiti 2024: 8.27Hasty Hastings 2024: 8.74New Zealand Nationals 2024: 9.63Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025: 8.24Johnsonville FTOpen 2025: 7.98NZ South Island Championship 2025: 8.45Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025: 8.07Wellington Winter 2025: 7.44NZ North Island Championship 2025: 8.11Solve Well in Wellington 2025: 7.79NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025: 7.13Wellington Spring 2025: 6.98New Zealand Nationals 2025: 7.27Farewellington 2025: 7.67Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026: 7.61NZ North Island Championship 2026: 7.04NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026: 6.71NZ South Island Championship 2026: 6.78Wellington Autumn 2026: 7.15Auckland Winter Open 2026: 6.49GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 6.71Christchurch Winter 2026: 6.576.4913.477 Oct 20238 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.