People · Republic of Korea
Jeong Won Hong (홍정원)
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025HONG14
Jeong Won Hong (홍정원) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at Korea Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 362nd in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2025, he has put 115 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.82 in June 2025 to 9.50, a 20% improvement. Jeong has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.50 | 11.15 | top 6.1% | 362 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 4.94 | top 9.0% | 266 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 39.60 | 49.17 | top 11.6% | 228 / 1,308 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.60 | 1:41.66 | top 34.3% | 301 / 716 |
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
- 15 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Korea Open 2026.
- 29 Jun 2025First competition: Osan Summer 2025. A 12.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Seoul Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- Seoul Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Osan Summer 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 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.
- Kim Eden (김이든) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Minjun Kim (김민준) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.