People · United States
Kenneth Ding
3×3 · top 3.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025DING07
Kenneth Ding has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Hampton Beach Summer 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,820th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2025, he has put 253 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.48 in April 2026 to 8.19, a 22% improvement. Kenneth has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.19 | 9.23 | top 3.1% | 1,820 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 34.95 | 37.95 | top 6.7% | 1,053 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.80 | 20.19 | top 12.1% | 1,602 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.07 | top 14.8% | 5,862 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.30 | 1:33.84 | top 26.8% | 2,116 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:04.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,671 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.65 | 11.46 | top 50.2% | 14,824 / 29,168 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Seabrook Open 2026.
- 16 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Woonsocket Cubikon 2026.
- 1 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hampton Beach Summer 2026.
- 26 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at Mystic Cubikon 2026.
- 26 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mystic Cubikon 2026.
- 13 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Saint John's Summer 2026.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026
- Seabrook Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wellesley Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Woonsocket Cubikon 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampton Beach Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mystic Cubikon 2026 · 26 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Saint John's Summer 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Wakefield MA Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Woburn Spring 2025 · 17 May 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.
- Derek White — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Matthew Jalkut — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.