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Kai Qiu (邱凯)

2×2 · top 23.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017QIUK01

Kai Qiu (邱凯) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.76, set at Hengyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,967th in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2017, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.21 in May 2017 to 15.03, a 13% improvement. Kai has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 23.5% of 189,179 all-time
3.76
signature single · Hengyang Open 2019
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.765.44
top 23.5%3,967 / 15,939
3×315.0320.21
top 24.6%9,440 / 28,499
Pyraminx9.0612.53
top 45.4%4,864 / 10,269

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

Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 17.21Hengyang Open 2019: 15.0315.0317.216 May 201718 May 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.