People · China
Qingyang Zhao (赵清杨)
4×4 · top 2.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021ZHAO07
Qingyang Zhao (赵清杨) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 28.40, set at Xianju Bayberry 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2021, he has put 400 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:05.23 in March 2021 to 28.40, a 56% improvement. Qingyang has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 28.40 | 34.32 | top 2.0% | 185 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 4.71 | 5.86 | top 3.7% | 66 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.79 | 20.56 | top 4.1% | 362 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 11.71 | top 5.4% | 2,081 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.65 | 1:07.02 | top 5.9% | 276 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 4.79 | top 6.9% | 974 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 1:51.39 | 2:03.12 | top 7.7% | 170 / 1,349 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 5.64 | top 8.3% | 992 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 2:56.23 | 3:05.66 | top 9.5% | 194 / 1,261 | |
| Skewb | 3.92 | 7.27 | top 10.3% | 616 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.67 | 1:16.55 | top 16.0% | 469 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 15.05 | 19.05 | top 16.6% | 255 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:01.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 728 / 1,183 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xianju Bayberry 2026.
- 26 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Deqing Small & Special 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.12 at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 1 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026.
- 16 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2025.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026
- Fuzhou Special 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Canton Countdown 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 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 his.
- Qingze Li (李庆泽) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ziyi Xu (徐梓翼) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.40 away.
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.