People · Republic of Korea
Mingi Hong (홍민기)
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015HONG12
Mingi Hong (홍민기) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Seoul Open 2024, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 346th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2015, he has put 122 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.14 in December 2015 to 9.38, a 48% improvement. Mingi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.38 | 10.99 | top 5.8% | 346 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 39.60 | 43.73 | top 11.6% | 228 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.73 | 30.87 | top 14.4% | 205 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.72 | 1:27.76 | top 18.1% | 185 / 716 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.02 | 2:36.61 | top 25.6% | 111 / 329 | |
| 2×2 | 3.94 | 4.71 | top 25.7% | 779 / 2,319 | |
| 7×7 | 3:49.70 | 3:53.74 | early days — 3 solves | 95 / 254 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.64 | 12.85 | top 41.7% | 616 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Korean Championship 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hamchang Open 2023.
- 22 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.22 at Cube Is Good 2016.
- 19 Dec 2015First competition: Korea Winter 2015. A 18.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Summer 2025 · 21 Jul 2025
- Korea Newcomers AM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hamchang Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ansan Autumn 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ayase Summer 2023 · 17 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Is Good 2016 · 22 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Korea Winter 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
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.
- MinGwan Yeo (여민관) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.