People · China
Qinglang Liu (刘晴朗)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.74% of 74,621 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021LIUQ01
Qinglang Liu (刘晴朗) has been competing for 5 years. Her best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.45, set at Nanning Open 2026, puts her in the top 0.74% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in China. Until December 2012, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2021, she has put 209 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.38 in May 2021 to 6.37, a 69% improvement. Qinglang has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 one-handed | 9.45 | 11.56 | top 0.74% | 64 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 6.37 | 7.62 | top 0.75% | 287 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 26.11 | 27.68 | top 1.0% | 105 / 5,999 |
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
- 24 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Liuzhou Open 2026.
- 26 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 8.12 at Guiyang Open 2024.
- 26 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 8.12 at Guiyang Open 2024.
- 26 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.12 at Guiyang Open 2024.
- 16 May 2021First competition: Guilin Open 2021. A 20.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liuzhou Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2021 · 16 May 2021
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.
- Jun Wen (文俊) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Jihao Huang (黄继豪) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Hua Huang (黄华) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as she improves.