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Qizhen Tian (田骐甄)

3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024TIAN14

Qizhen Tian (田骐甄) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.43, set at Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026, puts her in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 683rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2024, she has put 125 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 9.78 in December 2024 to 7.43, a 24% improvement. Qizhen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time
7.43
signature single · Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026
125
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.438.72
top 1.9%683 / 28,499
Pyraminx3.794.76
top 6.7%813 / 10,269
2×22.633.52
top 10.3%1,585 / 15,939

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

Zhengzhou Open 2024: 9.78Xi'an New Year 2025: 9.19Xi'an Summer 2025: 9.00Zibo Open 2025: 9.92Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 7.45Weihai Open 2026: 8.80Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 7.43Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 7.647.439.928 Dec 20241 Oct 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as she improves.