People · China
Bo Tang (唐搏)
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017TANG09
Bo Tang (唐搏) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Shenyang Spring 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2017, he has put 436 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.74 in April 2017 to 1.35, a 51% improvement. Bo 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.35 | 1.94 | top 1.5% | 178 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.42 | 10.57 | top 3.6% | 1,343 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 5.44 | top 10.2% | 1,209 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 45.44 | 52.63 | top 18.8% | 2,051 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 5.28 | 7.73 | top 20.3% | 1,260 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.39 | 25.69 | top 27.1% | 2,669 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 11.00 | 12.72 | top 30.1% | 708 / 1,843 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,140 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:03.57 | — | top 53.5% | 740 / 1,183 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Spring 2024.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 29 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017First competition: Chengdu Open 2017. A 12.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Xinyan Liu (刘心妍) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.