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Simon Chanin

3×3 · top 16.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2007 · 2007CHAN04

Simon Chanin has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.70, set at Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,786th in the United States. Across 24 competitions since March 2007, he has put 270 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.42 in March 2007 to 12.70, a 76% improvement. Simon has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.70
signature single · Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024
270
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.7017.14
top 16.4%8,786 / 59,724
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 9 cubes · 43:12
top 18.8%133 / 731
3×3 blindfolded1:24.251:31.19
top 21.1%429 / 2,092
Megaminx1:51.791:58.00
top 41.4%3,001 / 7,841
4×4 blindfolded8:15.958:23.41
top 45.6%183 / 440
2×26.2910.62
top 53.9%21,970 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed35.5749.14
top 58.3%8,130 / 15,683
5×5 blindfolded22:01.0022:19.00
top 67.9%152 / 218
4×41:50.24
top 76.8%14,095 / 19,072
Pyraminx13.8618.53
top 77.2%22,846 / 28,708
Skewb16.3822.03
top 82.4%15,813 / 18,907
5×54:08.787:38.48
top 92.8%8,801 / 9,401

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

Chattahoochee Spring competition 2007: 53.42US Open 2007: 41.57Northwest Championships 2017: 23.21CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 19.69Yakima Valley Cubing Fall 2018: 19.15PDX Cubing for Causes 2019: 15.30Utah's April Surprise 2019: 20.62Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023: 17.54Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 17.79Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 16.58Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024: 17.70TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 15.02Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024: 12.70Minxing in Memphis 2025: 14.3912.7053.4224 Mar 20078 Feb 2025

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 24.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.