People · Australia
Monte Darlison
2×2 · top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019DARL02
Monte Darlison has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 518th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2019, he has put 378 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.98 in November 2019 to 2.26, a 24% improvement. Monte has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.39 | top 6.7% | 518 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 10.75 | 11.35 | top 9.8% | 876 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.65 | 9.39 | top 11.1% | 519 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 4.29 | 8.46 | top 13.0% | 345 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 47.85 | 52.89 | top 22.0% | 566 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.61 | 1:38.26 | top 25.5% | 353 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.48 | 30.47 | top 27.4% | 619 / 2,685 | |
| 7×7 | 5:08.27 | 5:46.42 | top 53.3% | 266 / 540 | |
| 6×6 | 3:28.93 | 3:55.92 | top 54.4% | 344 / 667 | |
| Square-1 | 41.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 660 / 920 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.06 | — | top 69.1% | 925 / 1,313 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jan 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 12 Nov 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2022.
- 25 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 30 Nov 2019First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2019. A 14.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Four The Win Dandenong 2023 · 23 Jul 2023
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Sieredzinski — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Myles Jarman — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.