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Jongmyeong Sung

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019SUNG03

Jongmyeong Sung has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.74, set at Empire State Winter Warmup 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2019, he has put 226 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.64 in April 2019 to 7.74, a 39% improvement. Jongmyeong has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.74
signature single · Empire State Winter Warmup 2023
226
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×37.749.67
top 2.4%140 / 4,352
4×430.8839.78
top 3.4%70 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed15.8419.26
top 9.9%146 / 966
2×23.204.90
top 16.6%506 / 2,319
5×51:26.331:28.34
top 24.4%225 / 716
6×63:33.11
early days — 1 solve219 / 329
Pyraminx11.0913.92
top 61.2%863 / 1,271

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

Empire State Spring 2019: 12.64Colonie Spring 2019: 12.57Empire State Summer A 2021: 9.88Empire State Winter A 2022: 9.57New York Championship 2022: 9.63Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 7.74CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 10.44Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 8.717.7412.6420 Apr 201915 Oct 2023

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.

  • Yijun Han — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Louis Meunier — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Evan Liu — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.