People · Hong Kong, China
Ho Pan Shum
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SHUM01
Ho Pan Shum has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Richmond Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2023, he has put 381 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Ho has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.02 | 11.16 | top 2.8% | 81 / 1,347 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.07 | 15.96 | top 3.1% | 18 / 361 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.39 | top 13.3% | 156 / 855 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.89 | 12.99 | top 35.3% | 210 / 431 | |
| 4×4 | 1:43.39 | — | top 72.8% | 371 / 423 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 8 Apr 2023First competition: Richmond Spring 2023. A 9.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025
- NCSU Wolfpack 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kavin Rajendran — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rue Clippinger — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Andreas Lambropoulos — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.