People · United States
Ellie Hong
2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025HONG03
Ellie Hong has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025, puts her in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,477th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, she has put 41 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 4 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.17 in January 2025 to 19.95, a 27% improvement. Ellie 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 6.16 | top 6.2% | 2,477 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 19.95 | 26.52 | top 39.8% | 22,558 / 59,724 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.95 at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First competition: Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025. A 27.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Algs in Ankeny 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
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 her.
- Quentin Leavell — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Henry Jordahl — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
Targets move as she improves.