People · China
Hongyang Duan (段宏扬)
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025DUAN02
Hongyang Duan (段宏扬) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Beihai Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,296th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.91 in June 2025 to 8.37, a 16% improvement. Hongyang has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 10.78 | top 3.5% | 1,296 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 3.57 | top 9.9% | 1,495 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 5.94 | top 10.5% | 1,249 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 5.51 | 6.26 | top 22.1% | 1,385 / 5,004 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beihai Open 2026.
- 22 Jun 2025First competition: Yunnan Open 2025. A 11.56 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Yunnan Open 2025.
Competitions
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 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.
- Yuxuan Wang (王语萱) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Junjie Guo (郭珺桀) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.