People · China
Qianmo Qin (秦阡陌)
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015QINQ01
Qianmo Qin (秦阡陌) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.96, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,817th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2015, he has put 228 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.84 in October 2015 to 8.96, a 62% improvement. Qianmo has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.96 | 10.89 | top 4.8% | 1,817 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.00 | top 11.4% | 1,748 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.75 | 8.60 | top 25.8% | 2,905 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.32 | 27.10 | top 32.4% | 3,122 / 5,922 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Brown Cubing Day 2026.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 28 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.34 at One Night in Beijing 2016.
- 28 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at One Night in Beijing 2016.
- 28 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at One Night in Beijing 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015First competition: Beijing Open 2015. A 23.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015
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.
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.