People · China
Chaoyang Tan (谭超洋)
3×3 · top 0.79% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024TANC03
Chaoyang Tan (谭超洋) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.42, set at Foshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 307th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2024, he has put 38 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.67 in July 2024 to 6.42, a 45% improvement. Chaoyang has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.42 | 10.42 | top 0.79% | 307 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 39.44 | 45.92 | top 11.5% | 1,251 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.20 | 30.08 | top 21.1% | 2,132 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.26 | 9.39 | top 22.0% | 2,533 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 5.37 | top 23.6% | 3,986 / 15,939 |
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
- 2 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Foshan Open 2026.
- 28 Jul 2024First competition: Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024. A 11.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024
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.
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Guangtong Quan (全广通) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 9.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.