People · China
Difan Jiang (蒋迪帆)
3×3 · top 7.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024JIAN24
Difan Jiang (蒋迪帆) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,150th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.59 in September 2024 to 10.14, a 31% improvement. Difan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.14 | 12.53 | top 7.9% | 3,150 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 4.21 | 5.93 | top 12.4% | 755 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 4.25 | top 18.9% | 3,133 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.06 | 8.06 | top 28.4% | 3,209 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:08.70 | 2:43.23 | top 36.3% | 532 / 1,184 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,366 / 5,999 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025Six personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 16 Sep 2024First competition: Dalian Open 2024. A 14.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.