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Keenan Darkins

2×2 · top 0.92% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019DARK02

Keenan Darkins has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.16, set at Northern Kentucky 2024, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 390th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 159 competitions since December 2019, he has put 4,295 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.34 in December 2019 to 8.06, a 47% improvement. Keenan has entered 159 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.92% of 186,767 all-time
1.16
signature single · Northern Kentucky 2024
4,295
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.162.63
top 0.92%390 / 40,951
Clock4.185.26
top 2.7%229 / 8,927
3×38.0610.82
top 2.9%1,654 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.286.20
top 4.6%1,203 / 28,708
Skewb3.035.75
top 5.1%789 / 18,907
4×433.8741.14
top 5.7%879 / 19,072
Square-110.5415.76
top 7.1%517 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves31.33
top 8.0%187 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed16.2321.01
top 10.8%1,425 / 15,683
5×51:18.051:24.64
top 17.6%1,364 / 9,401
Megaminx1:13.541:25.48
top 17.7%1,200 / 7,841
6×62:45.512:54.31
top 33.7%1,211 / 4,196
7×74:22.384:32.03
top 38.5%1,076 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded4:27.78—
top 74.1%1,537 / 2,092

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

Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019: 15.34No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 14.55Arnold Classic North America B 2020: 12.05Bulldog Holiday Bash 2021: 12.83Gem City 2022: 11.76Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 13.52Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 11.15Bulldog Spring 2022: 11.89Bluegrass Spring 2022: 11.92Ohio Valley Open 2022: 11.68Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 13.81Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 13.22FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 12.51Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 12.38Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 11.41Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 11.93 Ohio State Spring First-Timers C 2023: 11.51Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 10.86CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.72Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 12.77Cubing by the Kings 2023: 12.19Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 9.71Ohio State Fall 2023: 11.49CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 11.28Back To The Ville 2023: 11.76The Core of Hobart 2023: 11.68Ohio State Winter 2023: 10.12Michigan Mini 11 2023: 10.70Across the Woods Kentucky B 2023: 11.32Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024: 10.28Michigan Mini 13 2024: 9.12BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 10.31Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 9.67Eastwood Cubing 2024: 11.51Washtenaw Newcomers 2024: 9.96Bulldog Winter 2024: 10.48Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 11.56Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 10.31Circle City Cubing 2024: 8.11Ohio State Spring 2024: 8.65Michigan Mini 18 2024: 10.44Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 10.90Cubicle Day Oxford 2024: 10.65Minxville Indiana 2024: 10.01Countless Cubes Chicagoland B 2024: 11.20Country Roads Huntington 2024: 9.77Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 11.40Ohio State Summer 2024: 10.85Trains on Main La Grange 2024: 11.06Northern Kentucky 2024: 11.02Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 10.89Barberton Mini 1 2024: 10.70Michigan Mini 20 2024: 12.95Green Summer 2024: 9.95Get Ready Grove City 2024: 10.77Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 10.58Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 10.79Oldham County Cubing 2024: 10.13Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 10.16Michigan Mini 23 2024: 10.66CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 10.00Flex in Lex 2024: 10.74Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 9.30Washtenaw Mini 2 2024: 8.77Ohio State Fall 2024: 10.81Indiana Championship 2024: 10.28Michigan Mini 25 2024: 10.31Don't Pop Preble 2024: 11.49Barberton Mini 5 2024: 10.03Washtenaw Mini 3 2024: 10.13Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 9.86Ohio State Winter 2025: 12.24Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025: 8.44Chicagoland Newcomers 2025: 8.39Michigan Mini 29 2025: 11.15Michigan Mini 30 2025: 11.51Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025: 10.68Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025: 10.62Grove City Weeknight Trios 2025: 10.96Ohio State Summer 2025: 10.11CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 10.08Ohio Championship 2025: 10.17Ohio State Winter 2026: 8.06Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 11.55Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026: 10.19Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 11.278.0615.3414 Dec 201926 Jul 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.