People · China
Tiancheng Yang (杨天成)
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017YANG86
Tiancheng Yang (杨天成) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Xuzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 367th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2017, he has put 158 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.20 in August 2017 to 8.83, a 33% improvement. Tiancheng has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 3.41 | top 3.0% | 367 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.83 | 10.09 | top 4.5% | 1,708 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.98 | 17.23 | top 6.1% | 577 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 38.91 | 44.09 | top 10.9% | 1,152 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.69 | 10.13 | top 17.7% | 2,045 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.59 | 1:33.43 | top 20.4% | 967 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 5.68 | 8.15 | top 23.3% | 1,453 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:15.82 | — | early days — 3 solves | 562 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 652 / 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
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Hefei Summer 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Summer 2019.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Yangzhou Open 2017. A 13.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 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 his.
- Jianfei Shan (单剑飞) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.