People · China
Bangqi Zhou (周邦麒)
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ZHOU57
Bangqi Zhou (周邦麒) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,034th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2019, he has put 204 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Bangqi has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.11 | 11.76 | top 7.8% | 3,034 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 38.45 | 44.03 | top 10.3% | 1,084 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.10 | 1:12.47 | top 12.1% | 329 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 8.17 | top 18.0% | 2,079 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.39 | 1:23.05 | top 18.6% | 885 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.91 | 24.62 | top 20.2% | 2,016 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 5.49 | 7.76 | top 21.9% | 1,372 / 5,004 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.48 | 2:40.19 | early days — 3 solves | 493 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 5.08 | top 23.8% | 3,962 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 3:55.72 | 4:36.75 | early days — 3 solves | 571 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 12.73 | 14.42 | top 38.4% | 920 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 42.33 | top 48.3% | 560 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:23.47 | — | early days — 3 solves | 822 / 1,183 | |
| Square-1 | 42.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,139 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019. A 14.96 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
Competitions
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
- Guangzhou Quiet Day 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024 · 31 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Shek Ho Hin (石灝軒) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zejia Guo (郭泽嘉) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.