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Ryan Deng

3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023DENG10

Ryan Deng has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.15, set at North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 169th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2023, he has put 541 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.64 in November 2023 to 7.15, a 57% improvement. Ryan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time
7.15
signature single · North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026
541
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.159.24
top 1.5%169 / 11,943
2×22.163.56
top 5.9%435 / 8,727
4×435.5945.48
top 7.4%193 / 3,108
3×3 one-handed15.4519.03
top 9.1%212 / 2,685
Pyraminx4.926.55
top 12.7%604 / 6,109
Skewb4.398.38
top 13.7%360 / 3,589
5×51:43.27—
top 37.8%525 / 1,412
Clock13.9020.54
top 43.4%467 / 1,159
Square-130.7241.25
top 50.7%504 / 920
Megaminx2:33.24—
top 62.9%830 / 1,313
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves—
early days — 3 solves409 / 474

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

Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 16.64Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023: 14.44Kensington May Sunday 2024: 12.30Australian Nationals 2024: 11.82Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 9.87Melbourne Summer 2025: 8.69Spark Melbourne February 2025: 9.59VIC State Championship 2025: 8.72Spark Melbourne July 2025: 9.67Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 7.55Australian Nationals 2025: 7.89Melbourne Summer 2026: 8.98North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026: 7.15Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 8.56Australian Nationals 2026: 9.30Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 9.107.1516.6411 Nov 20231 Oct 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.