People · China
Jan Qiu
Pyraminx · top 2.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025QIUJ01
Jan Qiu has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Capelle Chaos A 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 259th in China. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2025, he has put 250 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.03 in January 2025 to 8.01, a 39% improvement. Jan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.48 | 4.52 | top 2.1% | 259 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 8.01 | 9.23 | top 2.8% | 1,011 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 3.12 | top 3.3% | 420 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 40.04 | 44.67 | top 12.2% | 1,312 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.44 | 23.13 | top 19.0% | 1,905 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.93 | 1:40.61 | top 31.3% | 933 / 1,678 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025First competition: Alphen Cubing 2025. A 13.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Capelle Chaos A 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 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.
- Veerle Melis — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Luca Dalton — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Mette Neuvel — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.