People · China
Chengyang Li (李承洋)
2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LICH04
Chengyang Li (李承洋) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Beijing Spring AM 2021, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,192nd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2017, he has put 311 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.10 in June 2017 to 12.25, a 74% improvement. Chengyang has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 2.42 | 3.88 | top 8.1% | 1,192 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.25 | 14.38 | top 14.8% | 5,804 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 5.23 | 7.21 | top 20.0% | 1,231 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 50.71 | 56.55 | top 25.6% | 2,713 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.73 | 7.62 | top 25.6% | 2,886 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.16 | 30.69 | top 34.6% | 3,297 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.93 | — | top 42.6% | 1,884 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 2:12.38 | 2:23.52 | top 52.4% | 1,353 / 1,678 |
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 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.25 at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021.
- 2 Jan 2021Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021.
- 11 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Spring 2019.
- 24 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.89 at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 25 Mar 2018First sub-30 3×3: 27.83 at Qingdao Open 2018.
Competitions
- Weihai Open 2026 · 5 Jul 2026
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lanzhou Spring 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
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.
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Guanbo Wang (王冠博) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.