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Hanchen Ding

3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 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 10.59, set at Brookline Favorites IV 2026, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,610th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2023, he has put 399 official solves on the record across seven 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 23.17 in January 2024 to 10.59, a 54% improvement. Hanchen has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.59
signature single · Brookline Favorites IV 2026
399
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
3×310.5913.21
top 9.2%3,610 / 28,153
Megaminx58.801:05.74
top 9.4%231 / 1,678
2×23.104.55
top 15.4%2,453 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.8710.61
top 19.0%2,183 / 10,224
Clock9.1110.77
top 20.6%449 / 1,843
Skewb12.5615.28
top 68.8%3,624 / 5,004
4×41:37.69—
top 69.1%5,357 / 5,926

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: 10.5910.5923.1727 Jan 202429 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 8.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.