People · China
Renxin Tang (汤任欣)
Megaminx · top 1.1% of 34,786 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013TANG02
Renxin Tang (汤任欣) has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 37.86, set at GDSY Open 2019, puts her in the top 1.1% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in China. Until November 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since March 2013, she has put 2,374 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 10.22 in March 2013 to 6.88, a 33% improvement. Renxin has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 37.86 | 42.54 | top 1.1% | 27 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 6.88 | 9.95 | top 1.2% | 425 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.86 | 4.02 | top 3.2% | 370 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 32.09 | 37.45 | top 4.3% | 411 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.05 | 17.80 | top 4.5% | 397 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 3.32 | 4.85 | top 6.7% | 380 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.29 | 1:08.08 | top 8.6% | 410 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.38 | top 9.1% | 1,346 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 8.79 | 9.97 | top 18.9% | 418 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 61 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,050 / 1,058 |
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
- 16 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019.
- 4 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Anhui University Smart Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 17 Aug 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Yangzhou Open 2016.
Competitions
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021 · 9 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Shenzhen Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhu Open 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2018 · 28 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018
- Lishui University Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiaozuo Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017
- Huaibei Open 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Anhui University Smart Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2015 · 27 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nantong Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014
- Zhejiang University Open 2014 · 24 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2014 · 2 Mar 2014
- Wuxi Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
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 her.
- Yi Wang (王旖) — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 117 times · head to head
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 178 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 177 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 7.86 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as she improves.