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Qingling Chen (陈庆灵)

3×3 · top 6.8% of 288,433 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 6.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,681st in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2017, he has put 332 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 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 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time
9.73
signature single · Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026
332
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.7310.77
top 6.8%2,681 / 28,499
3×3 one-handed14.5316.86
top 7.2%709 / 5,994
Pyraminx4.618.10
top 10.9%1,316 / 10,269
Clock8.319.96
top 16.6%377 / 1,887
4×445.4049.22
top 18.9%2,083 / 5,999
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves38.33
top 23.5%248 / 1,071
Skewb5.888.45
top 24.9%1,560 / 5,030
5×51:42.661:55.52
top 37.4%1,716 / 2,857
2×24.956.31
top 38.7%6,771 / 15,939
Square-126.3528.62
top 42.2%732 / 1,373

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

China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 13.83Zhanjiang Open 2017: 12.63Shenzhen Open 2018: 13.53Nanning Open 2018: 13.37Zhanjiang Open 2018: 10.22Maoming Open 2018: 11.53Maoming Open 2019: 12.19Zhanjiang Open 2019: 11.76Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.44Nanchang Spring 2025: 10.12Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 9.81Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 9.73Maoming Open 2026: 9.85Zhanjiang Open 2026: 9.79Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 10.55Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026: 10.549.7313.831 Oct 201713 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.