People · China
Qiang Xie (谢强)
4×4 · top 6.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025XIEQ01
Qiang Xie (谢强) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.43, set at Xianju NxN 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 626th in China. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Qiang has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.43 | 37.81 | top 6.2% | 626 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.45 | 12.05 | top 8.8% | 3,434 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.38 | 1:28.00 | top 21.0% | 1,004 / 2,816 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 16 Nov 2025First competition: Xuzhou Open 2025. A 11.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 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.
- Zhaoxuan Dai (代兆轩) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.