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Rex Pang
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PANG03
Rex Pang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.10, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 475th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2023, he has put 285 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.72 in February 2023 to 9.10, a 75% improvement. Rex has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.10 | 11.56 | top 5.1% | 475 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 3.59 | top 10.5% | 786 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 7.06 | top 11.9% | 555 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.12 | 22.82 | top 18.1% | 399 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 5.22 | 11.06 | top 19.9% | 519 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 19.82 | 25.74 | top 27.6% | 266 / 899 | |
| 4×4 | 54.99 | 1:07.42 | top 30.7% | 809 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 15.73 | — | early days — 1 solve | 520 / 1,095 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.10 at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 9 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.65 at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at VIC State Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Roman Rudakov — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nathan Fares — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.