People · United States
Ryan Choi
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014CHOI04
Ryan Choi has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,838th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2014, he has put 129 official solves on the record across five 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 14.20 in October 2014 to 8.25, a 42% improvement. Ryan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.25 | 10.23 | top 3.2% | 1,838 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 5.60 | top 9.5% | 3,749 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 40.74 | 44.96 | top 13.0% | 1,921 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.47 | 1:25.62 | top 18.7% | 1,453 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.48 | 29.39 | top 32.8% | 4,285 / 15,683 |
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
- 10 Dec 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at UMass ODS Fall 2016.
- 10 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at UMass ODS Fall 2016.
- 12 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2015.
- 11 Oct 2014First competition: Harvard Fall 2014. A 14.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- UMass ODS Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Williams Winter 2016 · 13 Feb 2016
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
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.
- Andrew Bae — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jonah Crosby — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eric Zhao — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.