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Lianpeng Chen (陈联鹏)

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017CHEL05

Lianpeng Chen (陈联鹏) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.88, set at Guilin Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 425th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2017, he has put 171 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.47 in October 2017 to 6.88, a 27% improvement. Lianpeng has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.88
signature single · Guilin Open 2025
171
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.888.20
top 1.2%425 / 28,153
2×22.082.55
top 5.3%741 / 15,796
4×436.8543.24
top 8.5%878 / 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

Yunnan Open 2017: 9.47Nanning Open 2019: 7.56Guilin Open 2021: 8.39Guilin Open 2024: 7.60Guilin Open 2025: 6.88Beihai Open 2026: 7.89Nanning Open 2026: 7.796.889.477 Oct 201723 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.