People · China
Zheng Yang (杨征)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018YANZ19
Zheng Yang (杨征) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.06, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,049th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2018, he has put 284 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.47 in December 2018 to 8.06, a 15% improvement. Zheng 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 | 8.06 | 9.54 | top 2.9% | 1,049 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 2.55 | 3.92 | top 3.1% | 164 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 3.49 | top 3.6% | 483 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 35.81 | 40.30 | top 7.5% | 760 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.10 | 19.80 | top 8.3% | 800 / 5,922 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018First competition: SJTU Winter Open 2018. A 10.26 3×3 single to start from.
- 30 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at SJTU Winter Open 2018.
Competitions
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Lukas Shelley — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sicheng Gu (顾思成) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.