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Jonathan Pang

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017PANG07

Jonathan Pang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.65, set at York Cube Day 2021, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 388th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since July 2017, he has put 896 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.37 in July 2017 to 8.65, a 61% improvement. Jonathan has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.65
signature single · York Cube Day 2021
896
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.6513.31
top 4.1%388 / 11,709
2×22.845.06
top 12.4%942 / 8,567
4×442.9652.45
top 15.7%394 / 3,051
3×3 blindfolded1:32.751:50.32
top 24.1%120 / 394
3×3 one-handed21.8330.23
top 25.5%569 / 2,659
Pyraminx7.3813.72
top 31.0%1,618 / 5,993
Skewb6.8911.98
top 32.8%912 / 3,534
Clock11.6515.78
top 33.3%350 / 1,095
5×51:42.381:58.46
top 37.1%499 / 1,356
Megaminx2:08.52—
top 50.4%615 / 1,277
6×63:38.553:56.11
top 58.1%358 / 641
Square-134.8948.01
top 58.2%562 / 899
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 10:44—
early days — 1 solve113 / 180
7×76:29.69—
early days — 2 solves362 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves—
early days — 1 solve403 / 468

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

Perth Winter 2017: 22.37Perth Autumn 2018: 17.52Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 13.95Koalafication Perth 2019: 15.18WCA World Championship 2019: 14.29Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 15.16Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 12.65Perth Late Night 2020: 13.94Speedy South Perth 2020: 15.63Cubing with the Cows 2020: 13.70South Perth Summer 2020: 12.47York Cube Day 2021: 8.65Showground Showdown 2021: 12.27Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 14.16WA State Championship 2021: 11.78Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 14.53Perth Underground Open 2022: 12.42Perth Autumn 2022: 13.17Rockingham Rapid 2022: 12.41WA Open 2022: 10.71Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 11.28Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 14.14Australian Nationals 2022: 11.39Perth Summer 2023: 12.55Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 13.65Perth Time Trial 2023: 12.80Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 13.90Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 12.33Perth Autumn 2024: 15.61Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 12.66Perth Winter 2024: 14.60Perth Favourites Evening 2026: 15.578.6522.3722 Jul 201721 Apr 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.