People · China
Ziqiang Tong (仝自强)
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 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 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,109th 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 35,811 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.24 | 10.90 | top 5.4% | 2,109 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.03 | 40.91 | top 6.7% | 675 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 7.98 | top 6.9% | 826 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.51 | 22.23 | top 13.8% | 1,371 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.74 | 1:28.10 | top 16.6% | 812 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.82 | 5.43 | top 24.2% | 4,043 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.02 | 1:38.56 | top 27.6% | 840 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.63 | 3:00.37 | top 39.4% | 795 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 8.14 | 16.70 | top 42.4% | 2,496 / 5,004 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.26 | 5:18.67 | top 54.2% | 935 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 22.79 | — | top 72.0% | 1,544 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 1:11.91 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,330 / 1,362 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Jiajiang Open 2026.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 11 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Spring 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Six personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019.
- 14 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Autumn 2018.
Competitions
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Urumqi Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Spring 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2018 · 14 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jiaozuo Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.