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Qizhen Tian (田骐甄)

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 664th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2024, she has put 90 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 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 seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.43
signature single · Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026
90
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.439.80
top 1.9%664 / 28,153
2×22.633.52
top 10.2%1,549 / 15,796
Pyraminx6.298.89
top 22.1%2,529 / 10,224

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: 7.437.439.928 Dec 202429 Aug 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as she improves.