People · China
Hongyuan Tang (唐鸿远)
3×3 · top 8.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011TANG04
Hongyuan Tang (唐鸿远) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,283rd in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2011, he has put 600 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.75 in July 2011 to 10.25, a 31% improvement. Hongyuan has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.25 | 12.46 | top 8.2% | 3,283 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 38.13 | 44.23 | top 10.0% | 1,077 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.82 | 1:12.47 | top 10.9% | 555 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 4.14 | top 12.2% | 1,920 / 15,939 | |
| 7×7 | 3:11.89 | 3:24.59 | top 13.9% | 288 / 1,274 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.46 | 1:20.70 | top 15.3% | 456 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 2:16.15 | 2:25.64 | top 18.7% | 419 / 1,363 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.83 | 22.70 | top 20.1% | 2,043 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.05 | 7.92 | top 20.4% | 2,354 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:26.50 | 1:56.54 | top 21.8% | 303 / 1,184 | |
| Square-1 | 20.61 | 24.91 | top 29.4% | 508 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 39.67 | early days — 3 solves | 328 / 1,071 | |
| Skewb | 6.86 | 8.19 | top 32.7% | 2,014 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 7:15.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 73 / 149 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 20:44.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 66 / 97 | |
| Clock | 19.51 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,442 / 1,887 |
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
- 23 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2019.
- 10 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Wuhan Open 2015.
- 1 May 2014Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 1 Oct 2013Seven personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2013.
- 10 Aug 2013Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2013.
- 4 Nov 2012Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Open 2012.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2019 · 8 Dec 2019
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018 · 9 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Xiangmo 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
- Wuhan Open 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2013 · 1 Oct 2013 — 7 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2013 · 14 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2012 · 4 Nov 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Spring 2012 · 8 Apr 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2012 · 10 Mar 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011 · 31 Jul 2011
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.
- Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 8.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.