People · United States
Ryan Bae
3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019BAER02
Ryan Bae has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.94, set at UCSD Winter 2023, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,343rd in the United States. Across 28 competitions since December 2019, he has put 357 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.64 in December 2019 to 11.94, a 36% improvement. Ryan has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 11.94 | 13.84 | top 13.7% | 7,343 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 4.97 | top 16.7% | 6,555 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.90 | 32.82 | top 36.6% | 4,850 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.75 | 11.13 | top 42.7% | 12,224 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:50.67 | — | top 77.0% | 14,159 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 18.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 16,615 / 18,907 |
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
- 8 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.71 at A Bruin Cube Day 2022.
- 21 Dec 2019First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019. A 18.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Winter WestSide Events 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- A Bruin Cube Day 2022 · 8 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Dickman — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Dan Tran — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.