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Chengrang Yuan (袁成让)

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018YUAN15

Chengrang Yuan (袁成让) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at Hefei Spring 2019, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,294th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2018, he has put 332 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.57 in July 2018 to 9.44, a 25% improvement. Chengrang has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.44
signature single · Hefei Spring 2019
332
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.4411.30
top 5.9%2,294 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed15.3319.19
top 8.8%837 / 5,922
4×438.4142.47
top 10.2%1,079 / 5,926
5×51:32.481:47.52
top 29.3%1,325 / 2,816
2×24.805.60
top 36.8%6,331 / 15,796

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

Hefei Summer 2018: 12.57China Championship 2018: 9.72Nanjing Autumn 2018: 11.20Wuhu Open 2018: 11.03SJTU Winter Open 2018: 10.82Hefei Spring 2019: 9.44Xuzhou Spring 2019: 11.25Hefei Summer 2019: 10.45China Championship 2019: 9.75Nanjing Autumn 2019: 11.80Hangzhou Open PM 2021: 10.85Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 10.69Shanghai Summer 2026: 9.619.4412.5714 Jul 20181 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.