People · France
Flavien Darney
2×2 · top 0.95% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017DARN02
Flavien Darney has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at Talence Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in France. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2017, he has put 753 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.64 in July 2017 to 8.50, a 54% improvement. Flavien has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.17 | 3.30 | top 0.95% | 34 / 3,074 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.57 | 4.42 | top 2.4% | 62 / 2,148 | |
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 10.22 | top 3.7% | 226 / 4,746 | |
| Skewb | 3.04 | 5.32 | top 5.2% | 83 / 1,291 | |
| Megaminx | 58.03 | 1:03.78 | top 9.0% | 71 / 867 | |
| 4×4 | 38.14 | 42.44 | top 9.9% | 195 / 1,817 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.01 | 21.35 | top 10.2% | 177 / 1,490 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.28 | 1:29.32 | top 20.9% | 186 / 1,024 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 233 / 367 |
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
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.50 at Lyon Last Layer Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lyon Last Layer Open 2023.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Barby Cube 2022.
- 20 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at FLIP Open 2019.
- 7 Apr 2018Ten personal bests in one day at Pict'Open 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.89 at Chouchenn Open 2017.
Competitions
- Lyon Last Layer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Garidech Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Talence Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lyon Last Layer Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Charente Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Barby Cube 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pau Open Fast'n Cuber 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- FLIP Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018
- Nantes Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- L'Open du Berry 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Pict'Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- French Championship 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Chouchenn Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Nancy Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- FLIP Open 2017 · 22 Jul 2017
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.
- Jules Ballion — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 100 times · head to head
- Wilfrid Py — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Nathan Darney — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 35 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.