People · China
Lingkun Kong (孔令坤)
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024KONG03
Lingkun Kong (孔令坤) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.59, set at Beijing Winter 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,491st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2024, he has put 101 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.77 in June 2024 to 8.59, a 20% improvement. Lingkun has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.59 | 10.59 | top 3.9% | 1,491 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 31.76 | 38.03 | top 4.0% | 390 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.71 | 1:10.99 | top 7.0% | 331 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 2:59.20 | 3:06.53 | top 10.4% | 211 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.38 | 22.07 | top 11.1% | 1,082 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:04.09 | 2:10.23 | top 12.8% | 273 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 3.35 | 4.27 | top 18.4% | 2,989 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.31 | 10.61 | top 30.4% | 3,352 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 14.76 | 17.15 | top 47.0% | 1,107 / 1,843 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.59 at Beijing Winter 2025.
- 1 Jun 2024First competition: Tianjin Open 2024. A 10.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chenyang He (何晨阳) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yijun Yin (尹伊珺) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.