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Qi Zhou (周祺)

Skewb · top 0.18% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015ZHOU07

Qi Zhou (周祺) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at Wuhu Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in China. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 70 competitions since April 2015, he has put 2,537 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 13.51 in April 2015 to 1.28, a 91% improvement. Qi has entered 70 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.18% of 73,281 all-time
1.28
signature single · Wuhu Open 2026
2,537
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb1.282.63
top 0.18%10 / 5,004
2×21.573.84
top 2.5%287 / 15,796
Pyraminx2.655.32
top 2.6%306 / 10,224
3×38.199.95
top 3.1%1,153 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed12.5715.22
top 3.8%329 / 5,922
4×435.1341.02
top 6.8%687 / 5,926
5×51:09.581:17.19
top 11.3%556 / 2,816
Megaminx1:04.161:12.59
top 12.2%330 / 1,678
Square-115.6519.10
top 17.9%281 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves38.67
top 20.4%216 / 1,058
Clock10.6311.63
top 28.2%657 / 1,843
6×62:43.642:48.06
top 32.8%699 / 1,349
7×75:04.535:32.82
top 51.9%911 / 1,261

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 Fudan Spring 2015: 13.51Hefei Open 2015: 9.16Shanghai Spring 2016: 4.03Suzhou Open 2016: 4.39Nanchang Open 2016: 3.88Hefei Open 2016: 3.95Jinhua Open 2016: 3.21Yangzhou Open 2016: 3.70Asian Championship 2016: 4.06Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 3.08Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 3.52Anhui University Smart Open 2017: 3.36Shanghai Spring 2017: 3.77ZUA Open 2017: 3.48Wenzhou Open 2017: 3.58Nanjing Spring 2017: 3.62Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 3.31Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 2.03Fuzhou Open 2017: 3.35Quanzhou Open 2017: 3.36Longyan Summer Open 2017: 3.08Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 2.34Yangzhou Open 2017: 3.25Hefei Open 2017: 3.09HUST Special Cubes Open 2017: 2.94Nanchang Open 2017: 2.74HDU Open 2017: 2.91Zhenjiang Open 2017: 2.81Shanghai Winter 2018: 2.79Hangzhou Spring 2018: 2.83Kunshan Open 2018: 2.21Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 2.61Guangdong Open 2018: 2.46Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 3.20HUST Open 2018: 2.90Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018: 2.99Beijing Summer 2018: 2.48Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 2.47Jiujiang Open 2018: 3.47Wuhan University Open 2018: 2.71China Championship 2018: 2.69Hangzhou Open 2018: 2.14Nanjing Autumn 2018: 2.80SJTU Winter Open 2018: 2.69Hefei Spring 2019: 2.84Xuzhou Spring 2019: 1.80Wuhan Open 2019: 2.56Huzhou Open 2019: 2.88China Championship 2019: 2.10Wuxi Winter 2019: 1.80Hangzhou Open PM 2021: 2.77Kunshan Side Events 2021: 2.43Hefei Winter Open 2023: 2.51Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 2.64Nanchang Spring 2024: 2.64Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 2.20Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 1.86Hangzhou Open 2024: 2.11Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 2.64Nanchang Spring 2025: 2.21Ningbo Autumn 2025: 2.84Hangzhou Winter 2025: 2.77Hangzhou Open 2026: 2.31Nanchang Summer 2026: 2.38Wuhu Open 2026: 1.28Shanghai Summer 2026: 2.271.2813.5125 Apr 20151 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.