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Sebastian Hong
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023HONG09
Sebastian Hong has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.94, set at Berkeley Fall 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,705th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2023, he has put 197 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.18 in August 2023 to 8.94, a 69% improvement. Sebastian has entered twelve 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 | 8.94 | 10.94 | top 4.8% | 2,705 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.72 | 20.06 | top 7.6% | 1,026 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.46 | top 11.7% | 4,702 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.70 | 6.83 | top 17.8% | 4,804 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.68 | 1:35.67 | top 22.3% | 1,744 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 56.67 | 1:09.37 | top 32.8% | 5,288 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.28 | 2:25.54 | top 42.3% | 3,155 / 8,026 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 8 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 15.19 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.14 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Berkeley Summer 2023. A 29.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 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.
- Stanley Tran — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sebastian Stone — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.