People · China
Bingqing Xiong (熊柄清)
3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012XION01
Bingqing Xiong (熊柄清) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Chongqing Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,047th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2012, he has put 323 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.91 in August 2012 to 8.02, a 55% improvement. Bingqing has entered twelve 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 | 8.02 | 9.81 | top 2.8% | 1,047 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.40 | 17.24 | top 3.6% | 319 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 38.73 | 45.22 | top 10.7% | 1,155 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.13 | top 10.9% | 1,692 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.83 | 1:19.35 | top 10.9% | 556 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.87 | 2:46.23 | top 20.6% | 468 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:38.56 | 4:06.09 | top 22.9% | 471 / 1,274 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.53 | 13.76 | top 57.1% | 5,968 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:43.49 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,045 / 1,184 | |
| Skewb | 16.54 | 30.49 | top 82.9% | 4,211 / 5,030 |
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
- 1 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Guiyang Open 2019.
- 5 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Hefei Open 2017.
- 5 Oct 2017Ten personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
- 5 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at Zunyi Open 2014.
- 9 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2014.
- 22 Jul 2013First sub-15 3×3: 11.56 at Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013.
Competitions
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 10 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zunyi Open 2014 · 5 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013 · 22 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2012 · 5 Aug 2012 — 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.
- Feilong Tang (唐飞龙) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Lei Zhang (张磊) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.