People · Canada
Heyning Quong
Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015QUON01
Heyning Quong has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Newmarket Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in Canada. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since November 2015, he has put 977 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.09 in November 2015 to 7.63, an 83% improvement. Heyning has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.22 | 3.92 | top 1.5% | 54 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 7.63 | 8.76 | top 2.2% | 221 / 10,392 | |
| Square-1 | 8.22 | 13.51 | top 3.4% | 26 / 952 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 2.74 | top 4.0% | 251 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 3.01 | 4.74 | top 5.0% | 81 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.99 | 20.52 | top 6.1% | 129 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 36.70 | 42.63 | top 8.4% | 195 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.48 | 1:19.07 | top 16.4% | 197 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.42 | 1:32.48 | top 22.1% | 196 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 3:11.83 | 3:20.54 | top 46.7% | 244 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 5:37.98 | 6:03.24 | top 61.9% | 267 / 503 | |
| Clock | 1:09.90 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,022 / 1,029 |
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
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023.
- 2 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at No 3x3x3 Waterloo 2018.
- 19 May 2018Five personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2018.
- 28 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Spring 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Niagara Select 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Spring 2018.
Competitions
- Mississauga Newcomers A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Autumn Limited 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- No 3x3x3 Waterloo 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- London Limited Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Fall 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Brady Metherall — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead 91 times
- Ryan Wu — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.