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Hudson Kang
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022KANG11
Hudson Kang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Berkeley Winter 2024, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,389th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2022, he has put 85 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in September 2022 to 11.70, a 38% improvement. Hudson has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 2.47 | 4.78 | top 8.6% | 3,389 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.70 | 15.05 | top 12.8% | 6,885 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.24 | — | top 70.7% | 10,178 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 14.41 | 17.21 | top 76.3% | 14,500 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:19.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 16,935 / 19,072 |
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 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2024.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Berkeley Fall 2022. A 18.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Lawrence Zhao — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Stanley Tran — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Chea — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.