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Collin Choi
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CHOI02
Collin Choi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at UCLA Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,986th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, he has put 86 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.13 in January 2023 to 9.20, a 52% improvement. Collin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 10.25 | top 5.3% | 2,986 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 41.76 | 48.46 | top 14.2% | 2,115 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.22 | 1:56.80 | top 36.3% | 2,884 / 9,401 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at St. Augustine 2024.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at St. Augustine 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.13 at Cubing Knights IV 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Pegasus 2023. A 19.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- St. Augustine 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Miami Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights IV 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
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.
- Carter Bitz — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Owen Brooks — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pranav Kulkarni — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.