People · Chinese Taipei
Hong Yang (楊弘)
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022YANG18
Hong Yang (楊弘) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 139th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2022, he has put 372 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.16 in August 2022 to 7.75, a 36% improvement. Hong has entered 16 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 | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 9.65 | top 2.4% | 139 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 34.08 | 39.21 | top 5.9% | 148 / 1,078 | |
| Clock | 6.28 | 7.71 | top 8.2% | 34 / 366 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.80 | 23.43 | top 12.1% | 165 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 4.52 | top 15.8% | 418 / 1,669 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.84 | 1:30.29 | top 22.2% | 263 / 639 | |
| Skewb | 10.09 | 12.59 | top 55.5% | 476 / 699 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.09 | 16.93 | top 78.2% | 872 / 1,016 |
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 Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.79 at CK Cubing Party 2023.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at CK Cubing Party 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Pingtung Summer Open 2022. A 12.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Pingtung Summer Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NDHU Big Cube Day 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.