People · Canada
Bruce Kong
2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018KONG08
Bruce Kong has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at UBC Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 303rd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2018, he has put 189 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.45 in September 2018 to 10.76, a 26% improvement. Bruce has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 4.67 | top 4.9% | 303 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 10.76 | 11.97 | top 9.7% | 894 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.93 | 27.88 | top 23.1% | 496 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.61 | 14.80 | top 24.7% | 1,060 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 51.81 | 56.79 | top 26.9% | 690 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.66 | 2:06.47 | top 47.2% | 614 / 1,499 | |
| Skewb | 9.06 | 11.13 | top 48.8% | 1,330 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.19 | 2:39.99 | top 57.5% | 666 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 3:41.56 | 4:15.39 | top 59.2% | 333 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 5:29.24 | 6:08.06 | top 59.5% | 250 / 503 |
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
- 29 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2019.
- 30 Sep 2018First competition: Vancouver Select 2018. A 14.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018
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.
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Reagan Li — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chin Lam — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.