People · United States
Jayden Kong
3×3 · top 4.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025KONG01
Jayden Kong has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.72, set at Long Island Back to School 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,399th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2025, he has put 204 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.93 in February 2025 to 8.72, a 42% improvement. Jayden has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.72 | 10.41 | top 4.2% | 2,399 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 6.22 | top 9.5% | 3,779 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.68 | 27.72 | top 28.0% | 3,649 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.93 | 1:19.41 | top 45.9% | 7,735 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.35 | 17.00 | top 47.8% | 14,020 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 10.81 | 19.96 | top 59.8% | 11,120 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,922 / 9,537 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Long Island Back to School 2026.
- 26 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at NYU Spring 2025.
- 23 Feb 2025First competition: Flushing Glow Open AM 2025. A 14.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Long Island Back to School 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow Open AM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
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.
- Lucas Pai — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times · head to head
- Parker Trager — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Rogers — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.