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Piru Tang
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025TANG04
Piru Tang has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Falkirk Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 693rd in the United Kingdom. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 133 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.95 in March 2025 to 10.70, a 59% improvement. Piru has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.70 | 13.13 | top 9.6% | 693 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 3.72 | top 11.3% | 716 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 9.54 | top 14.7% | 561 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 8.78 | 12.21 | top 46.9% | 1,109 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.08 | 1:32.60 | top 55.1% | 1,196 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.14 | 41.43 | top 59.3% | 1,018 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 25.98 | 31.84 | top 78.5% | 980 / 1,232 |
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 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.08 at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 30 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.09 at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 28 Mar 2025First competition: Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025. A 25.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025 · 28 Mar 2025
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.
- Shiraz Malik — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jamie Haazen — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Rylan Cheng-Brown — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.