People · China
Hongming Pan (潘鸿铭)
3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PANH02
Hongming Pan (潘鸿铭) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.28, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,240th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2018, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.54 in May 2018 to 10.28, a 47% improvement. Hongming 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 12.22 | top 8.3% | 3,240 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.82 | 22.03 | top 20.0% | 2,001 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 4.22 | top 23.8% | 3,962 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,983 / 5,926 |
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
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.18 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 20 May 2018First competition: ZHBIT Open 2018. A 19.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ZHBIT Open 2018 · 20 May 2018
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.
- Enqi Bai (白恩企) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Bowen Hu (胡博文) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhijie He (何智劼) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.