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Parker Hong
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019HONG21
Parker Hong has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at Evanston Fall Mini C 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,326th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2019, he has put 89 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.30 in June 2019 to 7.68, a 32% improvement. Parker has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.68 | 9.03 | top 2.2% | 1,326 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.82 | top 4.9% | 1,961 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 33.25 | 37.09 | top 5.2% | 798 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.28 | 27.62 | top 21.2% | 2,717 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.14 | 11.24 | top 37.4% | 10,631 / 28,708 |
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
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at Evanston Fall 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Evanston Fall 2023.
- 16 Jun 2019First competition: Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019. A 11.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Evanston Fall Favorites A 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Evanston Fall Mini C 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019 · 16 Jun 2019
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.
- Maggie Jordan — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Max Walaszek — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.