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Guolang Deng (邓果琅)

2×2 · top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013DENG06

Guolang Deng (邓果琅) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at China Championship 2015, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 947th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2013, he has put 449 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in November 2013 to 11.33, a 22% improvement. Guolang has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.26
signature single · China Championship 2015
449
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.263.79
top 6.7%947 / 15,796
3×311.3313.34
top 11.5%4,538 / 28,153
4×441.3448.16
top 13.7%1,486 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.428.15
top 15.9%1,867 / 10,224
Skewb5.467.72
top 21.7%1,356 / 5,004
5×51:23.141:29.10
top 21.7%1,040 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed23.3730.14
top 29.8%2,882 / 5,922
7×74:42.024:48.19
top 45.1%826 / 1,261
6×63:20.153:43.18
top 50.7%963 / 1,349
Clock19.1021.05
top 62.0%1,397 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves54.67
top 62.5%737 / 1,058
Megaminx3:38.14
early days — 1 solve1,622 / 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

TUT 2013: 14.60Tianjin University Open 2014: 13.92Suzhou Open 2014: 11.69Hefei Summer Open 2014: 13.26Beijing Autumn 2014: 13.75BUAA Open 2014: 12.39Tianjin University Open 2015: 11.33China Championship 2015: 12.29Beijing Open 2015: 12.92Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 12.01Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 12.61Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 12.2711.3314.6017 Nov 201324 Aug 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.