People · China
Cheng Cheng
2×2 · top 1.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023CHEN62
Cheng Cheng has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at Head to UBC Afternoon 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 152nd in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2023, he has put 253 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.32 in May 2023 to 7.60, a 43% improvement. Cheng 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 | 1.28 | 2.21 | top 1.3% | 152 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 7.60 | 8.84 | top 2.2% | 786 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.42 | 20.19 | top 11.3% | 1,127 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 7.89 | top 11.5% | 1,398 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 44.94 | 49.04 | top 18.3% | 2,018 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 5.29 | 7.08 | top 20.5% | 1,281 / 5,030 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.37 | 1:35.51 | top 22.0% | 1,076 / 2,857 |
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
- 3 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026.
- 17 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Burnaby Summer 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at PR Time in Burnaby 2025.
- 21 May 2023First competition: BC Spring Solving A 2023. A 13.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PoCo Classics 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Head to UBC Afternoon 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Mini Morning 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PR Time in Burnaby 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Spring Solving A 2023 · 21 May 2023
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.
- Heewon Hwang — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Isaac Davies — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.