People · China
Xingqi Chen (陈星奇)
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016CHEX02
Xingqi Chen (陈星奇) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Shenyang Summer 2018, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 497th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2016, he has put 317 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.56 in October 2016 to 9.85, a 32% improvement. Xingqi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 3.86 | top 3.7% | 497 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 57.10 | 1:00.86 | top 4.2% | 197 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 33.56 | 35.36 | top 5.4% | 540 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 9.85 | 10.43 | top 7.0% | 2,743 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.40 | 4.98 | top 7.1% | 397 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 56.89 | 1:04.88 | top 8.4% | 205 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.43 | 20.04 | top 13.7% | 1,359 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.66 | 7.67 | top 17.5% | 2,028 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.03 | 2:57.62 | early days — 3 solves | 712 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:18.12 | 4:31.97 | early days — 3 solves | 712 / 1,261 | |
| Square-1 | 28.16 | 29.73 | top 46.0% | 786 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 15.43 | 16.50 | top 49.7% | 1,164 / 1,843 |
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
- 8 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Zhengzhou Open 2024.
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Open 2024.
- 6 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2019.
- 12 May 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 14.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 7.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.