Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Liangqiang Chen (陈梁强)

People · China

Liangqiang Chen (陈梁强)

3×3 · top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016CHEL06

Liangqiang Chen (陈梁强) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.69, set at Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018, puts him in the top 23.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,886th in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2016, he has put 48 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.01 in December 2016 to 14.69, a 23% improvement. Liangqiang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.69
signature single · Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.6916.95
top 23.4%8,886 / 28,153
2×24.708.06
top 35.5%6,107 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed29.2440.76
top 44.9%4,003 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.2616.47
top 47.1%4,982 / 10,224
4×41:18.23
early days — 2 solves4,763 / 5,926

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

Nanchang Winter 2016: 19.01Nanchang Spring 2017: 14.73Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 14.6914.6919.0111 Dec 20165 May 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.69 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.