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Hong Tan Lam

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2008 · 2008LAMH01

Hong Tan Lam has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Manchester Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since February 2008, he has put 980 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.56 in February 2008 to 8.50, a 42% improvement. Hong has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Manchester Open 2019
980
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×21.683.95
top 3.0%50 / 1,202
5×554.251:02.28
top 3.1%10 / 318
3×38.509.90
top 3.7%62 / 1,609
4×432.1335.25
top 4.3%22 / 590
6×62:16.762:28.71
top 18.8%15 / 136
3×3 one-handed20.1225.15
top 20.8%100 / 513
7×73:41.753:47.09
top 24.1%18 / 115
3×3 blindfolded2:11.78—
top 37.2%33 / 93
Megaminx2:33.372:41.68
top 62.8%144 / 262
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve82 / 117
Square-148.6858.69
top 74.9%118 / 153

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

Norwegian Open 2008: 14.56Norwegian Open 2009: 11.68Norwegian Open 2010: 12.03Norwegian Open 2011: 10.75Norwegian Championship 2012: 8.77Trondheim Spring 2012: 9.34Oslo Fall 2012: 9.80European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 8.68Swedish Cube Days 2013: 9.73Bergen Open 2015: 10.15Norwegian Championship 2016: 9.32Les Franqueses Open 2018: 8.76Bartebyen 2018: 8.94Chill Out Trondheim 2018: 8.94Manchester Open 2019: 9.15Norwegian Championship 2019: 9.42Norwegian Championship 2022: 10.55Norwegian Championship 2023: 9.84Kjeller Open 2023: 9.43Cubing Portal Oslo 2023: 9.95Julekubing 2023: 9.04Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024: 8.83Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 8.50Romerike Easter Open 2024: 9.47Kjeller Open 2025: 9.43Julemarkedkubing 2025: 10.098.5014.5617 Feb 200813 Dec 2025

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 0.68 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 4.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.