People · China
Hanyang Cheng (程瀚洋)
Pyraminx · top 7.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016CHEH03
Hanyang Cheng (程瀚洋) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.02, set at Xi'an Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 920th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2016, he has put 142 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.38 in November 2016 to 11.96, a 64% improvement. Hanyang has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.02 | 9.02 | top 7.8% | 920 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 4.47 | top 10.9% | 1,673 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.96 | 13.76 | top 13.8% | 5,425 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 8.57 | 11.63 | top 45.5% | 2,646 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 14.55 | 15.84 | top 46.1% | 1,087 / 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
- 19 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 1 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.41 at Xi'an New Year 2020.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-30 3×3: 15.43 at China Championship 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.43 at China Championship 2017.
- 27 Nov 2016First competition: XJTU Open 2016. A 33.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.