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Clark Cheng

3×3 one-handed · top 4.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011CHEN55

Clark Cheng has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.11, set at Charlotte Open Fall 2014, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 663rd in the United States. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since December 2011, he has put 717 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.05 in December 2011 to 9.42, a 57% improvement. Clark has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 4.6% of 73,695 all-time
13.11
signature single · Charlotte Open Fall 2014
717
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed13.1116.87
top 4.6%663 / 15,683
3×39.4211.09
top 5.9%3,270 / 59,724
Square-112.9322.54
top 11.7%815 / 6,743
4×441.9549.02
top 14.4%2,158 / 19,072
5×51:26.581:35.02
top 24.6%1,913 / 9,401
6×63:08.643:14.59
top 45.0%1,662 / 4,196
Megaminx2:18.61—
early days — 3 solves4,179 / 7,841
7×75:44.366:19.23
top 63.8%1,921 / 3,184

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

MIT Fall 2011: 22.05Minnesota Open 2012: 13.69Raleigh Open 2012: 13.96United States National Championships 2012: 17.88Battle of Appalachia 2012: 12.55Raleigh Open 2013: 12.08World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.63Harvard Fall 2013: 10.61US Nationals 2014: 12.26Charlotte Open Fall 2014: 11.81Peach State 2015: 10.97US Nationals 2015: 11.66Atlanta Open 2015: 11.96Athens Fall 2015: 12.24Athens Summer Omega 2016: 11.71Duke Summer 2016: 10.23Discovery Place 2016: 10.74Unionville Open Spring 2017: 10.28Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 10.27CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.98Hendersonville Fall 2017: 9.88Carolina Season Starter 2018: 9.42Green Bay 2023: 9.569.4222.0517 Dec 201112 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.