People · China
Zongpu Qiao (乔宗璞)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025QIAO09
Zongpu Qiao (乔宗璞) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,193rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2025, he has put 208 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.34 in August 2025 to 8.20, a 21% improvement. Zongpu has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.20 | 10.79 | top 3.2% | 1,193 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 32.23 | 37.27 | top 4.4% | 442 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 50.12 | 1:01.87 | top 5.2% | 122 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.08 | 17.99 | top 6.3% | 611 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.34 | 1:08.76 | top 6.4% | 316 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.02 | top 7.5% | 1,096 / 15,939 | |
| 7×7 | 2:50.41 | 2:56.10 | early days — 3 solves | 174 / 1,274 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.53 | 5.91 | top 10.4% | 1,254 / 10,269 | |
| 6×6 | 2:01.65 | 2:06.07 | early days — 3 solves | 254 / 1,363 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 33.00 | top 12.2% | 124 / 1,071 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:05.46 | 1:55.04 | top 14.8% | 215 / 1,184 | |
| Square-1 | 14.88 | 24.35 | top 16.2% | 253 / 1,373 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 5.98 | top 19.5% | 1,216 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 9.95 | 12.28 | top 24.7% | 583 / 1,887 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Beijing Spring Open 2026.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: Zhengzhou Summer III 2025. A 10.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dual FMC Beijing 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
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.
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Congxi Liu (刘淙溪) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.