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Chris Dzoan

3×3 one-handed · top 2.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006DZOA02

Chris Dzoan has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.97, set at Bayview Hills Open 2010, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in the United States. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since January 2006, he has put 845 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.81 in January 2006 to 8.35, a 78% improvement. Chris has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.9% of 73,695 all-time
11.97
signature single · Bayview Hills Open 2010
845
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed11.9717.66
top 2.9%459 / 15,683
3×38.3511.73
top 3.4%1,939 / 59,724
2×23.595.24
top 21.3%8,333 / 40,951
4×41:02.241:09.32
top 38.9%6,316 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,101 / 2,040
5×52:35.524:06.85
top 68.4%5,994 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded5:57.70—
early days — 2 solves1,789 / 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

Caltech Winter competition 2006: 38.81Caltech Spring competition 2006: 21.90San Diego competition 2006: 16.65US Nationals 2006: 18.21Caltech Fall competition 2006: 15.89UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 13.08Caltech Winter competition 2007: 14.28Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 11.60Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 13.45San Diego competition 2007: 14.26US Open 2007: 12.87Caltech Summer competition 2007: 13.27Caltech Fall competition 2007: 11.91UCSD competition 2008: 13.33Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 13.15San Diego Open 2008: 13.47Caltech Fall 2008: 10.64San Francisco Open 2009: 10.65EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 13.34Safe Haven competition 2009: 11.13Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 12.05US Nationals 2009: 12.05World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 14.55Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 11.25Stanford Fall competition 2009: 11.02Bayview Hills Open 2010: 11.96EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 11.75Berkeley Spring 2010: 9.61United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 10.43United States National Championships 2011: 11.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.76US Nationals 2014: 10.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 8.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 10.998.3538.8114 Jan 20065 Nov 2023

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.

  • Dan Dzoan — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 62 times
  • Leyan Lo — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
  • Jeremy Fleischman — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 63 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.