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Qi Qu (曲祺)

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013QUQI01

Qi Qu (曲祺) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Wonderful Williamstown 2022, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 461st in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since August 2013, he has put 1,071 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.03 in August 2013 to 9.79, a 43% improvement. Qi has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.78
signature single · Wonderful Williamstown 2022
1,071
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.784.07
top 3.5%461 / 15,796
3×39.7911.09
top 6.9%2,681 / 28,153
4×440.0047.26
top 12.1%1,306 / 5,926
5×51:12.281:16.77
top 13.3%651 / 2,816
Megaminx1:06.831:17.83
top 13.8%400 / 1,678
Skewb4.7510.13
top 16.3%1,010 / 5,004
Pyraminx5.668.74
top 17.5%2,028 / 10,224
Clock9.6710.58
top 23.5%522 / 1,843
7×73:49.354:06.19
top 27.0%538 / 1,261
6×62:37.012:54.82
top 29.2%624 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed28.5839.43
top 43.4%3,909 / 5,922
Square-130.1938.20
top 49.7%858 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 2 solves916 / 1,058

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

Shanghai Summer 2013: 17.03Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 15.90Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 14.03Heilongjiang Open 2015: 14.18Melbourne Autumn 2016: 12.56Connor's Cube Day 2016: 11.99Cube for Cambodia 2016: 13.85Cubing Classic 2017: 13.61Cube for Cambodia 2017: 12.80Australian Nationals 2017: 12.17Melbourne Winter 2018: 12.51SJTU Winter Open 2018: 12.40Cube for Cambodia 2019: 13.03Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 10.71WCA World Championship 2019: 10.46Horsham 2019: 10.49Altona Algorithms 2019: 11.44Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 11.85Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 10.45December Series: Kensington 2021: 10.42Melbourne Summer 2022: 11.62Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 11.00Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 10.20Victorian Open 2022: 10.29Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 10.97Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 11.35Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.95Melbourne Summer 2023: 9.79Victorian Open 2023: 10.86Melbourne Summer 2025: 9.849.7917.033 Aug 201324 Jan 2025

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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.