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Qianxun Chen (陈芊荨)

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEQ04

Qianxun Chen (陈芊荨) has been competing for 10 months. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Xuzhou Open 2025, puts her in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,272nd in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since November 2025, she has put 17 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.42
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2025
17
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.4211.89
top 5.9%2,272 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed18.3827.16
top 16.1%1,591 / 5,922
4×41:01.55
early days — 2 solves3,720 / 5,926

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 story so far

  • 16 Nov 2025First competition: Xuzhou Open 2025. A 9.42 3×3 single to start from.

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.38 away.

Targets move as she improves.