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Chris Deng

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015DENG08

Chris Deng has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.64, set at Texas BarbeCubing 2022, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,295th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since August 2015, he has put 1,704 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.55 in August 2015 to 7.64, a 44% improvement. Chris has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.64
signature single · Texas BarbeCubing 2022
1,704
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.6410.36
top 2.2%1,295 / 59,724
4×430.6736.92
top 3.2%520 / 19,072
5×557.701:02.87
top 4.4%363 / 9,401
6×61:43.061:53.17
top 4.9%168 / 4,196
7×72:38.342:48.49
top 5.2%137 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed16.1821.06
top 10.6%1,410 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.637.10
top 11.0%2,854 / 28,708
Megaminx1:04.771:09.21
top 12.5%857 / 7,841
2×22.853.97
top 12.6%4,936 / 40,951
Square-113.4221.89
top 12.8%883 / 6,743
Skewb4.438.65
top 13.9%2,171 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves43.00
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded4:08.93—
early days — 3 solves1,461 / 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

Vancouver Open Summer 2015: 13.55Odd Cubing Day 2018: 11.54Spring Forward 2018: 13.53Dallas Fort Worth 2018: 12.08DFW Cubing Fiesta June 2018: 11.16DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018: 10.79Oklahoma Fall 2018: 10.03DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 10.59Trinity Valley Open 2018: 9.34Dallas Winter 2018: 10.69Oklahoma Spring 2019: 9.76DFW With A Twist 2019: 9.88Ready For Summer Frisco 2019: 9.91CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.84Back to School DFW 2019: 11.12Waco Cube Assembly 2019: 8.61Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019: 11.23Oklahoma 2020: 9.76DFW NxN Winter 2020: 9.99Houston Winter 2020: 9.85Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020: 9.35Trinity Valley Spring 2020: 9.78Baton Rouge Winter 2022: 9.77DFW Cubing Spring 2022: 10.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 9.71CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022: 9.31DFW Cubing Summer 2022: 8.72Texas BarbeCubing 2022: 7.64Cube More in Ardmore 2022: 10.73DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 9.86Houston Fall 2022: 10.00CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 9.28Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 9.77CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 10.74Texas Championship 2023: 10.57DFW Cubing Fall 2025: 10.757.6413.5515 Aug 20154 Oct 2025

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 1.64 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.