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Qien Gu (顾奇恩)

3×3 · top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012GUQI01

Qien Gu (顾奇恩) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.54, set at Suzhou Open 2014, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,514th in China. Across 13 competitions since July 2012, he has put 162 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.43 in July 2012 to 13.54, a 12% improvement. Qien has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time
13.54
signature single · Suzhou Open 2014
162
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.5417.43
top 19.4%7,514 / 28,153
2×23.475.69
top 19.8%3,252 / 15,796
4×458.971:13.15
top 35.4%3,502 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed32.3336.41
top 51.9%4,441 / 5,922
5×52:11.922:18.86
top 56.5%2,270 / 2,816
Pyraminx13.1614.95
top 73.7%7,357 / 10,224
Skewb15.0519.55
top 78.4%4,015 / 5,004

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 2012: 15.43Hefei Open 2013: 14.42Shanghai Summer 2013: 13.97Wuxi Open 2013: 16.03Suzhou Open 2014: 13.54Wuhan Open 2016: 21.87Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 14.99Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 19.15Shanghai Winter 2018: 15.33Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 16.24Hangzhou Open 2018: 18.36Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 13.91Hangzhou Spring 2024: 17.6413.5421.8721 Jul 20122 Mar 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.