People · Chinese Taipei
Cheng Yang (楊誠)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023YANG53
Cheng Yang (楊誠) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Taiwan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 267th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 166 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.47 in September 2023 to 8.82, a 16% improvement. Cheng has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.82 | 9.65 | top 4.5% | 267 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 37.16 | 41.69 | top 8.9% | 216 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.66 | 1:15.06 | top 11.4% | 173 / 639 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.38 | 23.97 | top 13.5% | 185 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 4.12 | top 17.9% | 462 / 1,669 | |
| 6×6 | 2:44.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 162 / 292 |
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
- 6 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Taiwan Championship 2024.
- 6 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open 2023. A 10.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 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.
- Shao-Yu Hu (胡紹宇) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yen-Lei Jen (任晏磊) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.