People · China
Tianyao Rong (荣天尧)
7×7 · top 0.3% of 14,226 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025RONG02
Tianyao Rong (荣天尧) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 1:53.56, set at Xianju Bayberry 2026, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in China. Until July 2018, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2025, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. His 7×7 best has come down from 2:14.86 in April 2025 to 1:53.56, a 16% improvement. Tianyao has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7×7 | 1:53.56 | 1:55.98 | top 0.3% | 4 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 1:27.69 | 1:30.45 | top 1.5% | 26 / 1,349 |
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, 7×7. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xianju Bayberry 2026.
- 19 Apr 2025First competition: Deqing Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
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.
- Qingze Li (李庆泽) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chang Guo (郭畅) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 27.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.