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Ziqiang Tong (仝自强)

3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016TONG06

Ziqiang Tong (仝自强) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Jiajiang Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,157th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2016, he has put 542 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.98 in May 2016 to 9.24, a 56% improvement. Ziqiang has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time
9.24
signature single · Jiajiang Open 2026
542
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.2410.90
top 5.5%2,157 / 28,499
4×435.0340.91
top 6.8%705 / 5,999
Pyraminx3.857.98
top 7.0%844 / 10,269
3×3 one-handed17.5122.23
top 13.9%1,401 / 5,994
5×51:16.741:28.10
top 16.7%836 / 2,857
2×23.825.43
top 24.3%4,103 / 15,939
Megaminx1:29.021:38.56
top 27.7%855 / 1,693
6×62:56.633:00.37
top 39.4%803 / 1,363
Skewb8.1416.70
top 42.4%2,515 / 5,030
7×75:11.265:18.67
top 54.3%947 / 1,274
Clock22.79—
top 72.1%1,582 / 1,887
Square-11:11.91—
early days — 1 solve1,340 / 1,373

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

One Night in Beijing 2016: 20.98Asian Championship 2016: 16.53Wuhan Open 2016: 20.57Tianjin Open 2016: 20.75Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 19.12China Championship 2017: 23.76Jiaozuo Open 2017: 14.23Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 14.31Lanzhou Autumn 2018: 12.62Xi'an Open 2018: 13.02Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 11.42Lanzhou Spring 2019: 12.77China Championship 2019: 10.70Urumqi Open 2019: 12.79Chengdu Summer 2024: 11.57Xi'an Open 2024: 10.22Jiajiang Open 2026: 9.249.2423.7628 May 201625 Jul 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.