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Derek Chang
3×3 · top 11.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025CHAN04
Derek Chang has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.22, set at SacCubing XXIII 2026, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,149th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since January 2025, he has put 188 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.68 in January 2025 to 11.22, a 43% improvement. Derek has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 11.22 | 13.28 | top 11.2% | 6,149 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 5.27 | 11.40 | top 20.3% | 3,277 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 5.24 | top 21.4% | 8,468 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.36 | 12.03 | top 22.7% | 6,224 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.64 | — | top 58.1% | 10,179 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 38.34 | 55.60 | top 63.3% | 4,229 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,421 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.18 | 59.79 | top 71.8% | 10,477 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 43.70 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,747 / 9,172 |
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
- 17 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at SacCubing XXIII 2026.
- 19 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Duper Super Davis Spring 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.14 at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025First competition: SacCubing XIX 2025. A 19.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXIII 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.