People · China
Zongliang Yang (杨宗亮)
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021YANG04
Zongliang Yang (杨宗亮) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 631st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2021, he has put 262 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.76 in January 2021 to 7.36, a 37% improvement. Zongliang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.36 | 9.27 | top 1.8% | 631 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 2.90 | top 7.4% | 1,059 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 6.04 | top 8.7% | 1,043 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.44 | 21.31 | top 11.2% | 1,099 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 39.92 | 47.94 | top 12.0% | 1,291 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 7.52 | top 17.7% | 1,098 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 13.14 | 16.03 | top 40.2% | 964 / 1,843 |
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
- 10 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023.
- 10 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023.
- 16 May 2021Four personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2021.
- 1 May 2021Four personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 2 Jan 2021First competition: Nanchang Good Morning 2021. A 11.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu New Year Morning 2021 · 3 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Good Morning 2021 · 2 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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sirun Wu (吴思润) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lianghai Sui (眭亮海) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.