People · China
Yang Zong (宗杨)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ZONG02
Yang Zong (宗杨) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.14, set at Xianju NxN 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,111th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2024, he has put 181 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.14 | 10.61 | top 3.0% | 1,111 / 28,153 | |
| 7×7 | 2:28.91 | 2:34.88 | top 3.6% | 70 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 1:40.67 | 1:56.35 | top 4.3% | 81 / 1,349 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.21 | 6.32 | top 4.4% | 530 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.13 | 1:05.63 | top 5.6% | 261 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 2.98 | top 7.0% | 988 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 37.60 | 41.09 | top 9.4% | 984 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.26 | 18.07 | top 10.8% | 1,057 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 7.99 | 13.71 | top 15.2% | 330 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 36.67 | early days — 3 solves | 183 / 1,058 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.92 | 1:26.52 | top 21.0% | 636 / 1,678 | |
| Skewb | 6.16 | 7.17 | top 27.0% | 1,670 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:00.20 | — | top 33.6% | 478 / 1,183 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.60 at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024.
Competitions
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Ziyi Xu (徐梓翼) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Yiming Lin (林伊铭) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 28.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.