People · China
Lei Qiu (邱蕾)
Skewb · top 7.4% of 74,164 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016QIUL01
Lei Qiu (邱蕾) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017, puts her in the top 7.4% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 416th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2016, she has put 364 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 6 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 29.33 in January 2016 to 12.91, a 56% improvement. Lei has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.44 | 5.37 | top 7.4% | 416 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 12.91 | 16.07 | top 17.2% | 6,842 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 8.06 | top 19.6% | 2,261 / 10,269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.22 | 1:37.12 | top 27.8% | 861 / 1,693 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 5.99 | top 28.5% | 4,896 / 15,939 | |
| Square-1 | 23.27 | 30.68 | top 35.4% | 603 / 1,373 | |
| Clock | 17.00 | 21.40 | top 55.5% | 1,307 / 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
- 27 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 15 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Luoyang Spring 2018.
- 15 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Luoyang Spring 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Jinan Open 2017.
- 14 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at XPU Open 2017.
- 5 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.37 at Taiyuan Open 2016.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2019 · 17 Nov 2019
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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 her.
- Haibo Sui (隋海波) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as she improves.