People · China
Yuhong Gong (弓宇弘)
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017GONG02
Yuhong Gong (弓宇弘) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.74, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 849th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2017, he has put 138 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.65 in May 2017 to 7.74, a 34% improvement. Yuhong has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.74 | 11.72 | top 2.4% | 849 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.83 | 6.88 | top 3.1% | 357 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 4.00 | top 5.4% | 750 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 51.16 | 57.49 | top 26.1% | 2,768 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 6.64 | 12.94 | top 30.8% | 1,889 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.22 | 27.12 | top 32.1% | 3,100 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.58 | 1:55.42 | top 32.7% | 1,481 / 2,816 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.74 at Hefei Open 2025.
- 28 Jul 2017Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 7 May 2017First competition: Taiyuan Open 2017. A 13.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026 · 20 May 2026
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 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.
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.