People · Canada
Ryan Hiew
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025HIEW01
Ryan Hiew has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 553rd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 113 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.89 in June 2025 to 9.38, a 21% improvement. Ryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.38 | 10.81 | top 5.8% | 553 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.27 | top 8.3% | 541 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.69 | 6.65 | top 11.3% | 420 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 4.74 | 8.17 | top 16.2% | 356 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.01 | 1:23.93 | top 17.4% | 158 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.05 | 20.98 | top 20.6% | 442 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 57.01 | 1:01.06 | top 33.1% | 874 / 3,118 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at BC Championship 2026.
- 7 Aug 2026Seven personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Fall 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First competition: Warm Up Vancouver 2025. A 11.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
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.
- Noah Stelting — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Peter Barnwell — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jose Miguel Valdes Rodriguez — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.