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People · Hong Kong, China

Ryan Chan

2×2 · top 0.14% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023CHAN16

Ryan Chan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.72, set at Stevenage April 2025, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since February 2023, he has put 2,045 official solves on the record across 13 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 3×3 best has come down from 8.83 in February 2023 to 5.15, a 42% improvement. Ryan has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.14% of 186,767 all-time
0.72
signature single · Stevenage April 2025
2,045
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
2×20.721.46
top 0.14%2 / 855
3×35.156.41
top 0.15%6 / 1,347
5×541.7046.72
top 0.29%3 / 192
4×422.8726.38
top 0.3%4 / 423
Pyraminx1.682.47
top 0.65%5 / 431
Skewb1.813.93
top 0.95%5 / 285
3×3 one-handed9.8511.71
top 0.95%7 / 361
Square-16.829.08
top 1.5%8 / 126
7×72:17.612:27.79
top 2.0%6 / 74
6×61:32.671:38.04
top 2.3%7 / 87
Megaminx43.6249.20
top 2.6%10 / 154
Clock4.416.41
top 3.1%12 / 156
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
early days — 1 solve42 / 76

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

Brent Cross Winter 2023: 8.83Harrow Autumn 2023: 6.75Stevenage September 2023: 7.24Guildford Autumn 2023: 6.70Stevenage November 2023: 7.97Stevenage January 2024: 6.52Stevenage February 2024: 6.60Stevenage April 2024: 7.05Stevenage June 2024: 5.84Stevenage July 2024: 6.50Stevenage August 2024: 6.05Kewbz UK Open 2024: 6.80Stevenage December 2024: 6.30Stevenage January 2025: 6.89Hampshire Winter 2025: 5.98Stevenage March 2025: 5.86Stevenage April 2025: 6.19Stevenage June 2025: 6.50Stevenage July 2025: 5.80Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 6.05Stevenage September 2025: 6.41Stevenage October 2025: 5.72Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 6.24Hampshire Summer 2026: 5.61Wiltshire Summer 2026: 5.15Stevenage July 2026: 5.45Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 5.785.158.8318 Feb 202328 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.