People · China
Xiaoliang Yang (杨晓亮)
3×3 · top 16.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013YANG23
Xiaoliang Yang (杨晓亮) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.60, set at China Championship 2015, puts him in the top 16.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,282nd in China. Across 7 competitions since October 2013, he has put 110 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.02 in October 2013 to 12.60, a 10% improvement. Xiaoliang has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 12.60 | 14.72 | top 16.0% | 6,282 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 45.17 | 55.70 | top 18.5% | 2,007 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.78 | 5.53 | top 23.7% | 3,942 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.97 | 29.44 | top 36.8% | 3,452 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,360 / 2,816 |
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
- 2 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 1 Oct 2013First competition: Guangdong Open 2013. A 15.97 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Oct 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.49 at Guangdong Open 2013.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
- Nanchang Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube of Prime Numbers 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2013 · 1 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.