People · China
Tianlang Han (韩天朗)
Megaminx · top 2.5% of 34,786 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014HANT01
Tianlang Han (韩天朗) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 43.33, set at Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in China. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since December 2014, he has put 1,666 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.09 in December 2014 to 9.02, a 40% improvement. Tianlang has entered 43 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 | 43.33 | 48.76 | top 2.5% | 50 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 3.29 | top 4.4% | 587 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.02 | 11.14 | top 4.9% | 1,865 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 34.17 | 39.69 | top 6.0% | 603 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.05 | 5.55 | top 7.9% | 937 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.58 | 7.58 | top 8.2% | 467 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 56.84 | 1:24.26 | top 12.0% | 181 / 1,183 | |
| Square-1 | 14.22 | 19.37 | top 14.6% | 221 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.37 | 22.77 | top 16.1% | 1,588 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.44 | 1:23.79 | top 18.7% | 888 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 10.64 | 14.07 | top 28.3% | 659 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 2:41.95 | 2:50.66 | top 31.8% | 679 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.79 | 4:54.59 | top 45.7% | 832 / 1,261 |
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
- 28 Sep 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.02 at Philippine Championship 2018.
- 28 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Philippine Championship 2018.
- 28 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Fushun Open 2018.
- 10 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Big 'n Blind 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Anhui University Smart Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Five personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- ZHBIT Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019
- Philippine Championship 2018 · 28 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- ZHBIT Open 2018 · 20 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
- Guilin Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Open 2017 · 21 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Chaozhou Open 2017 · 18 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Side Event Day 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2017 · 29 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2017 · 14 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Xiangmo 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou SCUT 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhangzhou Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Anhui University Smart Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen New Year 2017 · 1 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Changchun Open 2016 · 3 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2015 · 16 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014
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 150 rounds, finished ahead 99 times
- Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 3.33 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.