People · China
Qingling Chen (陈庆灵)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017CHEQ04
Qingling Chen (陈庆灵) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,617th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since October 2017, he has put 300 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.83 in October 2017 to 9.73, a 30% improvement. Qingling has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.73 | 10.77 | top 6.7% | 2,617 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.53 | 17.28 | top 7.1% | 690 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.61 | 8.10 | top 10.9% | 1,293 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 8.31 | 9.96 | top 16.7% | 360 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 45.40 | 49.22 | top 18.8% | 2,045 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 38.33 | top 23.4% | 244 / 1,058 | |
| 2×2 | 4.95 | 6.31 | top 38.7% | 6,684 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.05 | 1:55.52 | top 39.9% | 1,786 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 26.35 | 28.62 | top 42.1% | 725 / 1,362 | |
| Skewb | 8.68 | 11.05 | top 46.3% | 2,679 / 5,004 |
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
- 27 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Zhengzhou Zest 2025.
- 26 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Zhanjiang Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 13.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou 3x3 Quiet Day 2025 · 3 Aug 2025
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Zhanjiang Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019
- Maoming Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2018 · 26 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- Zhanjiang Open 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Yiyun Chen (陈毅昀) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.