People · United States
Chris Tong
2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015TONG01
Chris Tong has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Naticube 2022, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,352nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2015, he has put 112 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.83 in March 2015 to 10.53, a 47% improvement. Chris has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 5.23 | top 8.5% | 3,352 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.53 | 13.75 | top 9.0% | 4,952 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.15 | 23.41 | top 18.2% | 2,343 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.32 | 1:08.68 | top 39.9% | 6,500 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.11 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,289 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.02 | 12.02 | top 53.1% | 15,511 / 28,708 |
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 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at Naticube 2022.
- 26 Sep 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.91 at Slow n Steady Fall 2015.
- 7 Mar 2015First competition: River Hill Winter 2015. A 19.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Naticube 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Spring 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015
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.
- Will Callan — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kobe Balin — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.