People · Canada
Justin Hong
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022HONG03
Justin Hong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2022, he has put 470 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.58 in May 2022 to 7.80, a 33% improvement. Justin has entered 13 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.28 | 3.07 | top 1.3% | 86 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 7.80 | 9.54 | top 2.4% | 244 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.26 | 5.20 | top 4.5% | 156 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 3.13 | 4.99 | top 5.6% | 100 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 37.65 | 43.03 | top 9.4% | 217 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.65 | 1:39.74 | top 23.8% | 282 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 19.15 | 26.16 | top 26.0% | 221 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.25 | 27.70 | top 29.4% | 654 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 12.44 | 15.70 | top 37.1% | 332 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:37.50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 222 / 351 | |
| 6×6 | 4:20.81 | 4:41.44 | early days — 3 solves | 420 / 665 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Burnaby Summer 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Vancouver 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Vancouver Newcomers Afternoon 2024.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Burnaby Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Vancouver Newcomers 2025 · 31 Mar 2025
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Newcomers Afternoon 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022 — 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.
- Heewon Hwang — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.