People · China
Peng Yang (杨鹏)
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024YANG56
Peng Yang (杨鹏) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.86, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,749th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 32 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.49 in August 2024 to 9.86, a 14% improvement. Peng has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.86 | 12.65 | top 7.1% | 2,749 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 42.95 | 50.29 | top 15.7% | 1,703 / 5,926 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Hefei Open 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024First competition: Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024. A 11.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhen Chen (陈震) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.