People · United States
Tobias Ong
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ONGT01
Tobias Ong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at TJHSST Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,382nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2022, he has put 237 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.83 in August 2022 to 8.74, a 37% improvement. Tobias 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.74 | 11.65 | top 4.3% | 2,382 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 4.43 | top 5.4% | 2,134 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.63 | 9.74 | top 6.0% | 1,538 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.16 | 20.45 | top 13.0% | 1,675 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 16.22 | 22.18 | top 19.1% | 1,296 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 49.30 | 57.27 | top 23.8% | 3,641 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.20 | 8.94 | top 27.3% | 4,453 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,624 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 19.90 | 22.92 | top 64.3% | 5,482 / 8,927 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at TJHSST Spring 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at TJHSST Spring 2025.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Spring 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Silver Spring Summer 2022. A 14.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Crystal City Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shawn Li — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Robert Mapp IV — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.