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Chris Hong

2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022HONG02

Chris Hong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.42, set at University Heights Cubing Winter 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 721st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,408 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.67 in May 2022 to 7.72, a 63% improvement. Chris has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.42
signature single · University Heights Cubing Winter 2024
1,408
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.422.28
top 1.8%721 / 40,951
3×37.728.92
top 2.3%1,357 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.554.15
top 2.3%617 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed13.6017.37
top 5.4%763 / 15,683
Skewb3.165.24
top 5.8%890 / 18,907
4×434.5840.17
top 6.3%973 / 19,072
5×51:11.221:17.50
top 12.5%961 / 9,401
Megaminx1:07.171:14.21
top 14.0%953 / 7,841
Clock8.919.71
top 19.6%1,495 / 8,927
Square-120.6523.92
top 29.4%1,908 / 6,743
6×62:53.433:08.67
top 37.8%1,369 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded2:19.69—
top 39.9%842 / 2,092
7×75:04.855:32.91
top 52.0%1,516 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 15:15—
early days — 1 solve525 / 731

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

Geffen Spring 2022: 20.67Irvine Summer 2022: 16.71Diamond Bar September 2022: 15.24Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022: 13.66Oak Valley Winter A 2023: 11.65Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 11.43UCSD Spring 2023: 9.27Give Back RPV 2023: 9.54Pride in Long Beach 2023: 10.56CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 10.00UCSD Summer 2023: 10.09Santa Ana Summer B 2023: 9.64Corona Summer 2023: 10.53Irvine Fall 2023: 9.61Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 10.06Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 9.54Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 8.77Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 8.87University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 8.30Fullerton Winter 2024: 9.15Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 9.26Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.19CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 9.50Iglú Open Tijuana 2024: 9.01La La Land 2024: 7.98Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 9.26UCSD Fall 2024: 8.51Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025: 8.98Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025: 7.88West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 8.66Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.00Mission Viejo Fall 2025: 7.72Huntington Park Winter 2025: 8.27UCLA Spring 2026: 8.65Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026: 7.94Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.43Temecula Valley Back To School 2026: 9.437.7220.6721 May 202222 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.