People · China
Zihan Ding (丁子涵)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023DING07
Zihan Ding (丁子涵) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at Guilin Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,166th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Zihan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.21 | 9.62 | top 3.2% | 1,166 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.61 | 21.37 | top 11.6% | 1,139 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 43.62 | 48.25 | top 16.6% | 1,790 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.66 | 1:54.14 | top 41.6% | 1,848 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.82 | 2:46.38 | top 62.5% | 1,470 / 1,678 |
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
- 14 Jul 2023First competition: Vietnam Championship 2023. A 9.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chufan Cao (曹楚凡) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.