People · Canada
Kevin Tang
3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017TANG21
Kevin Tang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.75, set at Appleby Summer 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in Canada. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2017, he has put 400 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Kevin has entered 19 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.75 | 8.82 | top 1.1% | 110 / 10,502 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.90 | 15.10 | top 4.3% | 95 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.01 | 1:12.51 | top 8.5% | 100 / 1,546 | |
| 4×4 | 38.88 | 42.87 | top 10.9% | 263 / 3,180 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.17 | 2:07.11 | top 11.9% | 51 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:17.75 | 3:32.24 | top 15.6% | 58 / 519 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 5.26 | top 24.7% | 1,680 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 171 / 284 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.85 | — | top 63.7% | 778 / 1,393 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:31.79 | 6:34.29 | top 74.7% | 269 / 362 |
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
- 6 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Appleby Summer 2024.
- 1 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023.
- 23 Sep 2017First competition: Battle of Waterloo 2017. A 10.17 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Sep 2017First sub-10 3×3: 7.20 at Battle of Waterloo 2017.
Competitions
- Toronto Weeknights II 2026 · 21 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brampton Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Blindfolded 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mississauga Newcomers B 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Mississauga Blindfolded 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Side Events 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- London Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 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.
- Ryan Wu — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Max Xiong (熊锐明) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.