People · China
Qi Xiao (肖奇)
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016XIAO12
Qi Xiao (肖奇) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.35, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,318th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2016, he has put 148 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in November 2016 to 8.35, a 54% improvement. Qi has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.35 | 11.61 | top 3.5% | 1,318 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.10 | 5.34 | top 27.9% | 4,781 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 53.87 | 1:06.14 | top 29.5% | 3,081 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.00 | 1:58.84 | top 42.0% | 1,890 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.81 | 40.66 | top 53.0% | 4,567 / 5,994 | |
| 7×7 | 5:08.39 | 5:23.32 | early days — 3 solves | 934 / 1,274 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.57 | 13.28 | top 64.5% | 6,583 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 12.87 | 17.59 | top 70.1% | 3,708 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:30.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,177 / 1,184 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.35 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 19 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018.
- 20 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016First competition: Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 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 his.
- Yang Xia (夏洋) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lukas Shelley — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.