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Sungho Hong (홍성호)

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011SUNG01

Sungho Hong (홍성호) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.95, set at Seoul Summer 2022, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since July 2011, he has put 941 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.90 in July 2011 to 6.95, a 42% improvement. Sungho has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.95
signature single · Seoul Summer 2022
941
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×36.959.38
top 1.3%77 / 4,352
3×3 one-handed11.2614.00
top 2.1%25 / 966
4×431.0937.05
top 3.5%74 / 1,308
2×22.123.02
top 5.6%155 / 2,319
Pyraminx4.475.70
top 10.1%160 / 1,271
Clock7.048.36
top 11.1%72 / 536
5×51:11.441:16.22
top 12.6%130 / 716
Skewb4.366.86
top 13.4%144 / 854
Megaminx1:11.141:19.69
top 16.3%115 / 524
7×73:29.273:45.06
top 19.5%73 / 254
6×62:20.072:33.09
top 20.5%94 / 329
Square-119.6525.62
top 27.2%124 / 371
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves38.33
top 30.0%57 / 173
3×3 blindfolded3:42.47—
early days — 3 solves159 / 217

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

Korean Championship 2011: 11.90Cubing Korea Xmas Eve 2011: 10.52Cubing Korea December 2011: 10.19Cubing Korea New Years 2012: 8.58Cubing Korea January 2012: 11.13Asian Championship 2012: 8.55Korean Style 2013: 8.19Korean Winter 2013: 8.67Korea New Year 2014: 8.47Busan Summer 2014: 8.92Thanks Cubing Day 2014: 9.32Korean Christmas Cup 2014: 10.28KAIST Fall 2014: 8.61Happy Sheep Year 2015: 9.05Korea Winter 2015: 8.84KAIST Spring 2017: 8.91Korean Championship 2017: 8.02CWR Fall 2017: 9.88Jeju Open 2017: 8.30Korean CWR Style 2017: 8.37Cubedu Korea 2018: 8.70Korea Winter 2019: 7.80Cutory Blossom 2019: 8.73Korean Spring 2022: 9.18Seoul Summer 2022: 6.95Korean Championship 2022: 8.45Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.14Seoul Open 2024: 7.316.9511.9031 Jul 20116 Jan 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.