People · United States
Landon Hong
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017HONG21
Landon Hong has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.32, set at Cube With Attention in Denton 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,910th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2017, he has put 269 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.75 in November 2017 to 8.32, a 77% improvement. Landon 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.32 | 9.68 | top 3.4% | 1,910 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 5.14 | top 15.1% | 5,906 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 15.30 | 22.10 | top 17.1% | 1,155 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.90 | 9.88 | top 19.2% | 5,129 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 52.79 | 1:02.96 | top 28.1% | 4,355 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.56 | 11.66 | top 45.4% | 8,014 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.72 | 34.23 | top 46.0% | 6,250 / 15,683 |
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
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.32 at Cube With Attention in Denton 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cube With Attention in Denton 2023.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020.
- 1 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019.
- 1 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019.
- 19 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Is A Sport Frisco AM 2021 · 10 Jul 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Frisco Liberty Cubing 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ready For Summer Frisco 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dallas Fort Worth 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Cubing Day 2018 · 11 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Parity for Charity 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nikhil Reddy — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Fletcher Berry — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.