People · China
Tiancheng Feng (冯天成)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009FENG08
Tiancheng Feng (冯天成) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.12, set at Speed Days Kraśnik 2017, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 523rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2009, he has put 1,103 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.97 in August 2009 to 7.12, a 68% improvement. Tiancheng has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.12 | 9.42 | top 1.5% | 523 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 3.44 | top 2.8% | 339 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.76 | 17.97 | top 4.0% | 356 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 5.79 | top 8.1% | 961 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 36.87 | 41.83 | top 8.5% | 881 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.72 | 1:20.26 | top 16.7% | 501 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 16.65 | 22.69 | top 20.1% | 325 / 1,362 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.44 | 1:29.13 | top 20.2% | 961 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 6.91 | 15.52 | top 33.0% | 2,017 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:11.61 | — | top 55.7% | 772 / 1,183 | |
| 6×6 | 3:48.84 | 4:05.81 | top 61.9% | 1,102 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 737 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 17:04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 194 / 278 | |
| 7×7 | 7:09.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,182 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 28.76 | 41.42 | top 82.8% | 1,689 / 1,843 |
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
- 10 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Speed Days Kraśnik 2017.
- 27 May 2017Five personal bests in one day at Romanian Rubik Open 2017.
- 9 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Zhangzhou Spring 2017.
- 11 Dec 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Nanchang Winter 2016.
- 11 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Winter 2016.
- 31 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2016.
Competitions
- Bursa Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2017 · 22 Oct 2017
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Speed Days Kraśnik 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Romanian Rubik Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Slovenian Open 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen New Year 2017 · 1 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2016 · 31 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Huizhou Open 2014 · 27 Jul 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Shandong Spring Open 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2013 · 27 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2013 · 1 Oct 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013 · 22 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2013 · 19 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Weifang Open 2013 · 14 Apr 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2012 · 14 Oct 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Singapore Open 2012 · 11 Feb 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2010 · 8 Aug 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2009 · 1 Oct 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Summer Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009
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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Kailong Li (李开隆) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ziyuan Lin (林子源) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.