People · China
Junji Qiu (裘俊佶)
2×2 · top 0.47% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025QIUJ02
Junji Qiu (裘俊佶) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.95, set at Ciu La Mancha Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in China. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 145 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 27% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.17 in November 2025 to 8.17, a 20% improvement. Junji has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.95 | 5.07 | top 0.47% | 41 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 28.59 | 38.17 | top 2.1% | 197 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 8.17 | 10.83 | top 3.1% | 1,138 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.93 | 1:14.68 | top 8.4% | 396 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.44 | 2:21.05 | early days — 3 solves | 426 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:43.91 | 3:55.01 | early days — 3 solves | 499 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.80 | 26.33 | top 28.2% | 2,753 / 5,922 | |
| Square-1 | 1:12.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,333 / 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
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Ciu La Mancha Open 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Parets Open 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Vilafranca Open 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First competition: Tarraco Open 2025. A 11.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ciu La Mancha Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Santpedor Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Parets Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vilafranca Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Tarraco Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Nuria Soria García — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nikita Belyi — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Artur Udatsnoi — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.59 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.