People · New Zealand
Yang Zheng
2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022ZHEN14
Yang Zheng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Max Speed Milford 2024, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2022, he has put 307 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.55 in December 2022 to 10.94, a 19% improvement. Yang has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.18 | top 6.2% | 141 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 10.94 | 12.13 | top 10.3% | 222 / 2,095 | |
| Skewb | 4.51 | 5.41 | top 14.5% | 113 / 666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.54 | 9.89 | top 16.7% | 236 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 45.82 | 50.31 | top 19.3% | 138 / 722 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.79 | 2:02.95 | top 44.5% | 156 / 355 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2024.
- 9 Dec 2022First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2022. A 13.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sqauckland 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Matariki Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
- A New Year in Auckland 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Hamilton 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 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.
- Edwin Shen — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Brandon Harris — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Levi Eyou — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.