People · China
Ran Cheng (程然)
3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2026 · 2026CHEN44
Ran Cheng (程然) has been competing for 6 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,715th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2026, he has put 30 official solves on the record across two events. Ran has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.68 | 13.24 | top 9.5% | 3,715 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 4.82 | top 15.9% | 2,538 / 15,796 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026First competition: Zhuhai Pi Day 2026. A 10.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
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.
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.