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Qiang Gong (龚强)

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012GONG01

Qiang Gong (龚强) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at Nanchang Winter 2019, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 814th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since August 2012, he has put 672 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.15 in August 2012 to 7.69, a 49% improvement. Qiang has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.69
signature single · Nanchang Winter 2019
672
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.6911.17
top 2.3%814 / 28,153
4×438.0645.67
top 9.8%1,039 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed16.1420.07
top 10.5%1,029 / 5,922
2×22.774.38
top 11.7%1,800 / 15,796
5×51:15.841:30.76
top 16.0%777 / 2,816
Pyraminx5.529.42
top 16.6%1,937 / 10,224
Megaminx1:45.171:46.50
top 37.6%1,100 / 1,678
Skewb10.0217.60
top 55.1%3,055 / 5,004
6×63:37.983:50.33
top 57.9%1,055 / 1,349
7×75:34.68—
early days — 1 solve1,013 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve807 / 1,058
Square-11:12.211:27.82
top 90.0%1,331 / 1,362

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

Hefei Summer 2012: 15.15Wuhan Open 2012: 15.66Zhejiang University 2013: 12.61Hefei Open 2013: 12.34Wuxi Open 2013: 11.80Guangdong Open 2013: 11.80Nanchang Open 2013: 11.58Hefei Spring 2014: 12.11Hefei Summer Open 2014: 12.58Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 11.61Nanchang Open 2015: 11.41Hefei Open 2015: 11.20Nanjing Spring 2016: 10.48Nanchang Winter 2016: 10.67Xiamen Open 2017: 10.42Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 10.19Jiujiang Open 2018: 9.86Nanchang Winter 2019: 7.697.6915.665 Aug 201221 Dec 2019

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 1.69 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.