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Zhaoyang Hong (洪兆阳)

7×7 · top 3.6% of 14,226 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016HONG13

Zhaoyang Hong (洪兆阳) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:29.13, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in China. Until July 2015, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since July 2016, he has put 897 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.00 in July 2016 to 8.97, a 40% improvement. Zhaoyang has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

7×7
best event — top 3.6% of 14,226 all-time
2:29.13
signature single · Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026
897
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
7×72:29.132:44.78
top 3.6%72 / 1,261
5×556.681:01.32
top 4.0%188 / 2,816
4×432.1137.06
top 4.3%414 / 5,926
3×38.9710.66
top 4.8%1,828 / 28,153
6×61:43.371:55.46
top 5.0%106 / 1,349
Skewb3.456.85
top 7.4%419 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed15.9520.96
top 10.1%985 / 5,922
2×23.074.64
top 15.1%2,390 / 15,796
Megaminx1:31.561:39.19
top 29.2%877 / 1,678
Pyraminx7.7511.70
top 34.1%3,747 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 1 solve610 / 1,058
Square-140.97—
early days — 2 solves1,104 / 1,362

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

Chongqing Open 2016: 15.00Shantou Open 2016: 13.28Chaozhou Open 2017: 11.89Guilin Open 2018: 9.82Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018: 10.63Meizhou Open 2018: 12.02Jieyang Open 2018: 11.63Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 11.31Maoming Open 2018: 10.49Fuzhou Open 2018: 9.45Jieyang Winter 2019: 10.13Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 10.08Dongguan Spring 2019: 10.48Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 9.02Meizhou Open 2019: 9.71China Championship 2019: 10.18Zhanjiang Open 2019: 9.44Nanning Open 2019: 10.20Changsha Autumn 2019: 10.61Jieyang Winter 2020: 9.51Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021: 10.05Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021: 9.57Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 8.97Guangdong Open 2021: 9.59Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 9.478.9715.0016 Jul 20162 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 29.13 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 6.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.