People · United States
Kristin M. Dan
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022DANK02
Kristin M. Dan has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.59, set at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024, puts her in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,224th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, she has put 164 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.01 in October 2022 to 8.59, a 22% improvement. Kristin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.59 | 10.32 | top 3.9% | 2,224 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 39.72 | 41.33 | top 11.8% | 1,744 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 4.21 | top 14.1% | 5,541 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.48 | 27.83 | top 24.5% | 3,159 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.20 | 1:32.98 | top 27.5% | 2,149 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:53.37 | 3:11.66 | early days — 3 solves | 1,368 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 8.00 | 9.60 | top 41.3% | 7,173 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.46 | — | top 59.0% | 4,435 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 5:45.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,929 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 53.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,231 / 6,743 |
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
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Slow N Steady Spring 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: Slow N Steady Fall 2022. A 11.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
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 her.
- Rich Tayag — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jed Silverman — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.72 away.
Targets move as she improves.