People · China
Feilong Tang (唐飞龙)
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013TANG07
Feilong Tang (唐飞龙) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at Chengdu Summer 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 808th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since July 2013, he has put 1,371 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.53 in July 2013 to 7.68, a 59% improvement. Feilong has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.68 | 9.78 | top 2.2% | 808 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 29.19 | 36.76 | top 2.4% | 222 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 56.71 | 1:07.91 | top 4.0% | 189 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 52.37 | 58.01 | top 6.1% | 142 / 1,678 | |
| 7×7 | 2:49.69 | 3:00.73 | top 7.8% | 162 / 1,261 | |
| Square-1 | 11.22 | 14.01 | top 8.4% | 123 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 47.11 | 1:00.36 | top 8.9% | 137 / 1,183 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 6.00 | top 9.0% | 1,074 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.52 | 18.44 | top 9.2% | 877 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 3.63 | top 10.1% | 1,532 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.46 | 2:06.71 | top 12.0% | 253 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 7.43 | top 16.4% | 1,015 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 7 cubes · 51:45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 75 / 278 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 7:28.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 76 / 149 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 45.67 | top 40.9% | 459 / 1,058 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 19:05.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 58 / 95 | |
| Clock | 18.30 | 20.49 | top 59.7% | 1,353 / 1,843 |
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 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 10 Nov 2018Six personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 1 Jan 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Xi'an New Year 2018.
- 5 Oct 2017Eight personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
- 22 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou SCUT 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2016.
Competitions
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou SCUT 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xining Summer Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2015 · 24 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2014 · 11 May 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2013 · 15 Dec 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2013 · 27 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2013 · 20 Sep 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013 · 22 Jul 2013
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.
- Chengzhang Lin (林成璋) — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.