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People · Hong Kong, China

Gordon Cheung

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CHEU02

Gordon Cheung has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Wakefield Summer 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2022, he has put 315 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.12 in April 2022 to 8.25, a 32% improvement. Gordon has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.25
signature single · Wakefield Summer 2026
315
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×38.259.78
top 3.2%97 / 1,347
4×441.0246.01
top 13.3%103 / 423
5×51:14.131:21.02
top 14.6%67 / 192
3×3 blindfolded1:16.621:34.89
top 18.3%19 / 65
Pyraminx5.878.48
top 19.0%118 / 431
3×3 one-handed19.9224.93
top 20.3%126 / 361
2×23.815.25
top 24.1%281 / 855
6×62:58.003:04.28
top 40.1%60 / 87
Clock13.5415.07
top 42.0%92 / 156
Skewb11.2113.87
top 61.9%219 / 285
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
top 68.6%60 / 76
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 26:02
early days — 1 solve20 / 25
7×77:03.527:25.23
early days — 3 solves72 / 74

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

Farnworth Spring D 2022: 12.12Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 12.78Bolton Summer 2023: 11.16Wakefield Autumn 2023: 9.57Manchester Spring 2024: 10.08Leeds Spring 2025: 9.50Leeds Spring 2026: 8.82Wakefield Summer 2026: 8.258.2512.7817 Apr 202220 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.