People · Australia
Mark Ding
Pyraminx · top 11.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019DING01
Mark Ding has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.71, set at Adelaide Twin Saturday 2021, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 534th in Australia. Across 20 competitions since January 2019, he has put 204 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.03 in May 2019 to 4.71, a 53% improvement. Mark has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.71 | 6.42 | top 11.5% | 534 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 20.59 | 26.01 | top 41.6% | 4,111 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 5.42 | 7.43 | top 44.4% | 3,496 / 8,567 | |
| Clock | 15.98 | 18.54 | top 51.8% | 534 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:34.69 | — | top 62.2% | 274 / 394 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | top 83.5% | 371 / 468 | |
| Skewb | 21.41 | 37.75 | top 91.6% | 3,251 / 3,534 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.24 at Adelaide Summer 2023.
- 16 Jan 2021Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Twin Saturday 2021.
- 19 Jan 2019First competition: Adelaide Summer 2019.
Competitions
- Kubing in Klemzig 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow Down Adelaide 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- On the Side South Australia 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Silent South Australia 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- On the Side South Australia 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Australian Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Australian Nationals FMC 2022 · 25 Sep 2022
- Adelaide Autumn 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Simple Solution South Australia 2021 · 19 Sep 2021
- SA State Championship 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Twin Saturday 2021 · 16 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Koalafication Adelaide 2019 · 4 May 2019
- Adelaide Summer 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
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.
- Yinhao Ding — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gerard McGinley — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.