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Hanchen Ding

3×3 · top 7.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023DING08

Hanchen Ding has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at Seabrook Open 2026, 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 21 competitions since October 2023, he has put 429 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.17 in January 2024 to 10.14, a 56% improvement. Hanchen has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 288,433 all-time
10.14
signature single · Seabrook Open 2026
429
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.1412.81
top 7.9%3,150 / 28,499
Megaminx57.941:05.74
top 9.0%232 / 1,693
2×23.104.55
top 15.5%2,503 / 15,939
Pyraminx5.8710.25
top 19.0%2,209 / 10,269
Clock9.1110.77
top 20.4%464 / 1,887
Skewb12.5615.28
top 68.8%3,646 / 5,030
4×41:37.69—
top 69.2%5,432 / 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

The Battle of Lexington 2024: 23.17Cardinal Cube Day 2024: 19.08Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 19.89CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 15.93Ocean State Cubikon 2024: 13.81Quick in Quincy 2024: 16.44Springfield Cube Day 2024: 13.62Jay Peak Cubikon 2024: 14.40New New York New Year 2024: 12.13Fall River Cubikon 2025: 11.44The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025: 14.68Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025: 12.85Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.68New York Championship 2025: 12.05New York New Year 2025: 13.13No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026: 12.24Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.82Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 12.67Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 10.59Seabrook Open 2026: 10.1410.1423.1727 Jan 20243 Oct 2026

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.

  • Justin Lee — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Derek White — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,829 people have one; it is 7.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.