People · China
Yingcheng Tong (童映程)
Skewb · top 0.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016TONG07
Yingcheng Tong (童映程) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Hefei Summer 2018, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in China. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2016, he has put 316 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 4.05 in July 2016 to 1.30, a 68% improvement. Yingcheng has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.30 | 3.60 | top 0.2% | 13 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.26 | 3.61 | top 1.6% | 190 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 50.20 | 57.10 | top 5.2% | 117 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.87 | top 5.5% | 770 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.32 | 11.18 | top 5.6% | 2,177 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.30 | 1:20.45 | top 8.6% | 411 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 42.29 | 43.93 | top 14.9% | 1,605 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 8.41 | 9.81 | top 17.1% | 378 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.89 | 25.30 | top 20.2% | 2,011 / 5,922 | |
| 7×7 | 3:37.84 | 3:58.88 | early days — 3 solves | 454 / 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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.32 at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Summer 2018.
- 5 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 15 Jul 2016First competition: Hefei Open 2016.
Competitions
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.