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Rylan Cheng-Brown

Pyraminx · top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CHEN16

Rylan Cheng-Brown has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since January 2023, he has put 1,302 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.57 in January 2023 to 9.29, a 64% improvement. Rylan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time
1.94
signature single · Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026
1,302
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx1.942.91
top 1.0%45 / 3,656
Clock3.714.55
top 1.8%30 / 1,232
2×21.483.46
top 2.1%164 / 4,895
3×39.2910.89
top 5.6%410 / 6,689
Megaminx1:00.981:05.95
top 10.5%131 / 966
4×439.0744.50
top 11.0%257 / 2,071
Skewb4.396.72
top 13.7%316 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed18.5822.33
top 16.6%314 / 1,851
Square-115.6320.95
top 17.9%178 / 778
5×51:26.231:46.39
top 24.3%325 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded3:42.11—
early days — 1 solve233 / 311

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

Glasgow Winter 2023: 25.57Glasgow Spring 2023: 19.37Edinburgh Summer 2023: 21.51Glasgow Autumn 2023: 17.86Glasgow Spring 2024: 13.76Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 12.98Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 12.86Edinburgh Winter 2025: 10.81Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025: 10.32Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 11.52Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025: 10.62Glasgow NxN Day 2025: 9.97Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 9.29Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 9.76Edinburgh Winter 2026: 10.68Falkirk Open 2026: 9.67Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026: 10.25Darlington Spring 2026: 10.36Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 9.92Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026: 9.90Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 9.349.2925.5727 Jan 202328 Aug 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.