People · United Kingdom
Piru Tang
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 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 9.94, set at Falkirk Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 545th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 188 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 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 9.94, a 62% improvement. Piru has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.94 | 11.69 | top 7.3% | 545 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 3.72 | top 11.3% | 725 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 9.54 | top 14.7% | 566 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 5.71 | 12.21 | top 23.6% | 546 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.23 | 41.21 | top 51.8% | 911 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.08 | 1:32.60 | top 55.2% | 1,224 / 2,112 | |
| Clock | 25.98 | 31.84 | top 78.4% | 998 / 1,255 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Falkirk Autumn 2026.
- 17 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Falkirk Autumn 2026.
- 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.
Competitions
- Falkirk Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 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 38 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jamie Haazen — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Rylan Cheng-Brown — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.