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Bo-Yao Qiu (邱柏堯)

2×2 · top 0.62% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021QIUB01

Bo-Yao Qiu (邱柏堯) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.03, set at Maru Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2021, he has put 998 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 12 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.31 in December 2021 to 6.59, a 36% improvement. He has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.62% of 189,179 all-time
1.03
signature single · Maru Cube Day 2023
998
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×21.032.53
top 0.62%14 / 1,671
3×36.598.38
top 0.94%48 / 4,369
4×428.6933.36
top 2.2%56 / 1,079
3×3 one-handed11.4113.47
top 2.3%30 / 805
Skewb2.344.25
top 2.4%26 / 700
Pyraminx2.774.33
top 2.9%46 / 1,017
5×557.3659.63
top 4.3%67 / 640
Megaminx56.111:04.88
top 8.0%44 / 363
Square-114.2018.16
top 14.6%69 / 323
Clock11.0413.82
top 30.2%134 / 370
6×62:57.20—
early days — 2 solves181 / 293
3×3 blindfolded2:21.96—
top 40.8%61 / 149
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 1 solve142 / 205

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

Maru Cube Day 2021: 10.31Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022: 10.84Chiayi Open 2022: 9.22Pingtung Summer Open 2022: 9.80Taichung Open 2023: 8.92CK Cubing Party 2023: 8.48Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.54Maru Cube Day 2023: 7.11Pingtung Summer Open 2023: 8.75Taiwan Championship 2023: 7.34Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024: 8.67Taichung Open 2024: 8.35Taipei Summer Open 2024: 8.34Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 7.95Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024: 7.09Pingtung Winter Open 2025: 6.59Taipei Summer Open 2025: 7.74Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 8.29BQHS Spring Open 2026: 7.92Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 7.53Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026: 6.75Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026: 7.266.5910.8411 Dec 202113 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.