People · China
Lingdi Kong (孔令棣)
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KONG14
Lingdi Kong (孔令棣) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 339th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2025, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 5.60 | top 2.8% | 339 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.18 | 11.95 | top 5.3% | 2,034 / 28,153 |
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 story so far
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Hefei Open 2025. A 11.31 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at Hefei Open 2025.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Yizhi Cui (崔益智) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jun Yao (姚俊) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Junzhao Xia (夏骏兆) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.