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Dingneng Deng (邓定能)

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018DENG03

Dingneng Deng (邓定能) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.17, set at Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,138th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2018, he has put 204 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.85 in March 2018 to 8.17, a 25% improvement. Dingneng has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.17
signature single · Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019
204
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.179.82
top 3.1%1,138 / 28,153
2×22.053.05
top 5.1%705 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.4916.90
top 5.2%480 / 5,922
4×434.2540.14
top 6.1%613 / 5,926
5×51:13.971:17.76
top 14.5%708 / 2,816
Skewb6.028.08
top 25.9%1,604 / 5,004
7×74:02.354:10.31
early days — 3 solves615 / 1,261
6×62:48.163:01.86
early days — 3 solves732 / 1,349
Megaminx2:07.29
early days — 2 solves1,298 / 1,678

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

GDSY Open 2018: 10.85ZHBIT Open 2018: 10.41Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 9.69Yangjiang Open 2019: 8.68Maoming Open 2019: 8.61Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 8.178.1710.8524 Mar 201827 Oct 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.