People · China
Yitong Cheng (程一同)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021CHEN02
Yitong Cheng (程一同) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Hefei Winter Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,175th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2021, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.85 in January 2021 to 8.22, a 17% improvement. Yitong has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.22 | 9.94 | top 3.2% | 1,175 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.20 | 20.72 | top 15.6% | 1,529 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 46.01 | 52.64 | top 19.6% | 2,111 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 5.92 | 7.82 | top 50.1% | 8,555 / 15,796 |
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
- 3 Jan 2021First competition: Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021. A 9.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021 · 3 Jan 2021
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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Wenrui Qian (钱文睿) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.