Nyeng made his debut in the World Cup in February 2011 at the sprint in Drammen , where he missed qualifying for the finals as 72nd. In March 2014 he reached the points in the World Cup for the first time with 21st place. In the 2014/15 season he achieved his first top 20 results in the World Cup with 19th place in the sprints in Ruka and Otepää .