People · China
Zhongqi Miao (缪中琦)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017MIAO06
Zhongqi Miao (缪中琦) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.14, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 532nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2017, he has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.84 in December 2017 to 7.14, a 52% improvement. Zhongqi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.14 | 8.89 | top 1.5% | 532 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 29.72 | 35.40 | top 2.7% | 258 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.57 | 5.06 | top 5.8% | 684 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.97 | 15.37 | top 6.0% | 575 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.42 | 1:20.04 | top 15.7% | 763 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.62 | 4.67 | top 21.7% | 3,574 / 15,796 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Seven personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2018.
- 10 Dec 2017First competition: Zhenjiang Open 2017. A 14.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hansheng Xu (徐菡声) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.