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Cheng Yang (杨铖)

3×3 · top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013YANG11

Cheng Yang (杨铖) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.56, set at Suzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,884th in China. Across 7 competitions since July 2013, he has put 170 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.71 in July 2013 to 11.56, a 44% improvement. Cheng has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.56
signature single · Suzhou Open 2017
170
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.5612.61
top 12.4%4,884 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed17.0822.55
top 12.8%1,261 / 5,922
2×23.444.70
top 19.4%3,193 / 15,796
4×448.6658.25
top 23.0%2,469 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.369.65
top 47.9%5,065 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 2 solves610 / 1,058

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

Shantou Open 2013: 20.71Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 11.90Nanjing Spring 2017: 11.62China Championship 2017: 12.96Suzhou Open 2017: 11.56Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 13.2911.5620.7119 Jul 20135 May 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.