People · China
Qianyao Zhu (朱倩瑶)
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZHUQ01
Qianyao Zhu (朱倩瑶) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Yancheng Spring Open 2026, puts her in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,296th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, she has put 25 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.09 in March 2025 to 8.37, a 36% improvement. Qianyao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.37 | 11.63 | top 3.5% | 1,296 / 28,153 |
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
- 29 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.37 at Yancheng Spring Open 2026.
- 30 Mar 2025First competition: Xuzhou Newcomers 2025. A 15.14 3×3 single to start from.
- 30 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.09 at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
Competitions
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Huacao Zhao (赵华操) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nuo Qi (祁诺) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yi Yu (于怿) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as she improves.