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Qitai Zhi (植奇泰)

3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2021 · 2021ZHIQ01

Qitai Zhi (植奇泰) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.62, set at Shenzhen Youth Open 2023, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,969th in China. Across 2 competitions since February 2021, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.73 in February 2021 to 11.62, a 49% improvement. Qitai has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.62
signature single · Shenzhen Youth Open 2023
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.6213.84
top 12.6%4,969 / 28,153
2×23.124.71
top 15.6%2,498 / 15,796

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

Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 22.73Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 11.6211.6222.7328 Feb 202126 Nov 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.