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Qihang Guo (郭启航)

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023GUOQ01

Qihang Guo (郭启航) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Dalian Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,159th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, he has put 204 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.01 in December 2023 to 8.20, a 26% improvement. Qihang has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.20
signature single · Dalian Open 2024
204
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.2011.64
top 3.1%1,159 / 28,153
2×21.993.39
top 4.7%641 / 15,796
4×433.5239.89
top 5.4%532 / 5,926
5×51:07.071:17.70
top 9.7%470 / 2,816
Megaminx59.761:05.39
top 9.9%257 / 1,678
Skewb4.086.32
top 11.4%678 / 5,004
Pyraminx4.947.01
top 12.8%1,530 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed17.3419.41
top 13.4%1,336 / 5,922
7×73:18.193:48.75
top 15.7%323 / 1,261
Clock8.939.68
top 19.6%431 / 1,843
6×62:36.582:52.52
top 29.0%620 / 1,349

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

Shenyang Open 2023: 11.01Fushun Open 2024: 9.86Huzhou Open 2024: 11.13Shenyang Spring 2024: 8.47Dandong Yalu River Open 2024: 9.82Xi'an Open 2024: 9.95Dalian Open 2024: 8.208.2011.1317 Dec 202316 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.