People · China
Ping Guan (关平)
3×3 · top 10.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014GUAN02
Ping Guan (关平) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Shenyang Spring 2024, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,002nd in China. Across 12 competitions since December 2014, he has put 317 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.67 in December 2014 to 10.84, a 26% improvement. Ping has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.84 | 12.54 | top 10.1% | 4,002 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.88 | 24.25 | top 12.3% | 1,232 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 7.39 | top 13.7% | 1,655 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 42.51 | 47.09 | top 15.2% | 1,666 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 5.96 | 9.67 | top 25.5% | 1,594 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 4.07 | 5.23 | top 27.5% | 4,717 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.92 | 2:09.28 | top 37.6% | 1,726 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.59 | — | top 49.1% | 1,306 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:54.98 | — | top 51.1% | 714 / 1,184 | |
| 7×7 | 5:10.30 | 5:19.47 | top 54.0% | 941 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 4:18.55 | 4:31.67 | early days — 3 solves | 1,211 / 1,363 |
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
- 15 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at NEU Open 2019.
- 23 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Shenyang Open 2018.
- 28 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Fushun Open 2018.
- 3 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Dalian Winter 2017.
- 11 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Shenyang Winter 2016.
- 14 Dec 2014First competition: Shenyang Open 2014. A 15.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dalian Winter 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yao Hui (惠瑶) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 31 times · head to head
- Chunxiao Li (李春啸) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.