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Hongmiao Qin (秦宏淼)

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017QINH02

Hongmiao Qin (秦宏淼) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Xuzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,489th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2017, he has put 110 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.15 in June 2017 to 9.63, a 40% improvement. Hongmiao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.63
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2024
110
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6310.73
top 6.4%2,489 / 28,153
2×22.883.83
top 12.9%2,011 / 15,796
Skewb4.837.61
top 16.9%1,040 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed20.5322.37
top 21.9%2,185 / 5,922
4×449.5654.02
top 24.2%2,581 / 5,926
5×51:46.951:55.12
top 40.5%1,806 / 2,816
Pyraminx9.3511.99
top 47.8%5,059 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded5:15.95
early days — 3 solves1,094 / 1,183

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

Beijing Open 2017: 16.15Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 13.94Shandong Open 2019: 11.82Xuzhou Open 2024: 9.639.6316.1524 Jun 201730 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.