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Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程)

3×3 · top 0.25% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017WANG24

Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.52, set at Huanggang Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 112th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2017, he has put 802 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.17 in April 2017 to 5.52, a 40% improvement. Pengcheng has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.25% of 284,439 all-time
5.52
signature single · Huanggang Open 2026
802
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×35.526.60
top 0.25%112 / 28,153
2×21.071.89
top 0.7%73 / 15,796
4×428.6030.79
top 2.1%198 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed11.4315.34
top 2.3%188 / 5,922
Pyraminx2.753.96
top 2.8%333 / 10,224
5×554.721:06.27
top 3.3%147 / 2,816
Megaminx1:09.321:17.15
top 15.2%441 / 1,678
7×73:27.063:45.00
early days — 3 solves388 / 1,261
Skewb5.136.60
top 19.2%1,193 / 5,004
Square-117.0125.50
top 21.0%338 / 1,362
6×62:29.792:34.38
top 25.5%547 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves36.00
early days — 3 solves289 / 1,058
3×3 blindfolded1:48.36—
early days — 2 solves407 / 1,183

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 9.17China Championship 2017: 8.54XPU Open 2017: 7.31Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 7.75Lanzhou Open 2018: 7.43Baoji Open 2018: 7.54Ningxia Open 2018: 6.90Xi'an Open 2018: 6.94Xianyang Open 2019: 6.60Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 7.40Lanzhou Spring 2019: 6.79Baoji Open 2019: 7.42Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021: 6.77Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 6.92Chengdu Summer 2024: 6.49Xi'an Open 2024: 6.33Xi'an New Year 2025: 6.25Xi'an Summer 2025: 7.06Xi'an Autumn 2025: 6.23Huanggang Open 2026: 5.52Jiajiang Open 2026: 6.245.529.172 Apr 201725 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.