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Qianqian Shao (邵千芊)

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011SHAO01

Qianqian Shao (邵千芊) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.55, set at Yangjiang Open 2015, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 737th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since May 2011, he has put 803 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.78 in May 2011 to 7.55, a 30% improvement. Qianqian has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.55
signature single · Yangjiang Open 2015
803
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.5510.40
top 2.1%737 / 28,153
2×21.843.65
top 3.8%504 / 15,796
4×435.5039.09
top 7.2%723 / 5,926
Square-111.1914.30
top 8.4%120 / 1,362
3×3 one-handed18.9121.90
top 17.5%1,736 / 5,922
5×51:19.411:25.11
top 18.6%886 / 2,816
Megaminx1:37.551:42.87
top 33.1%990 / 1,678
6×63:02.923:46.11
top 42.4%832 / 1,349
Pyraminx9.0811.67
top 45.5%4,837 / 10,224
7×74:44.564:52.74
top 46.0%835 / 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

Shenzhen University 2011: 10.78Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011: 11.69Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 10.38Xiamen Open 2013: 11.33Guangdong Open 2013: 10.52Guangzhou Small Cubes 2014: 9.87Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014: 10.00Shantou Open 2014: 10.63Guangdong Open 2014: 9.82Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 10.58Back To Cubing Hong Kong 2015: 9.82Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 10.02Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 9.63Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 10.08Shenzhen Open 2015: 9.30Yangjiang Open 2015: 7.55Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015: 9.16China Championship 2015: 10.50Shenzhen New Year 2016: 8.70Shantou Open 2016: 9.41China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 9.647.5511.691 May 20111 Oct 2017

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.