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Qixian Cao (曹岂娴)

3×3 · top 0.0018% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CAOQ01

Qixian Cao (曹岂娴) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Hangzhou Winter 2025, puts her in the top 0.0018% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in China. Until June 2023, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 65 competitions since September 2023, she has put 1,136 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 5.35 in September 2023 to 3.24, a 39% improvement. Qixian has entered 65 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.0018% of 284,439 all-time
3.24
signature single · Hangzhou Winter 2025
1,136
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×33.244.68
top 0.0018%3 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.5618.31
top 11.5%1,126 / 5,922

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

Singapore Mini 2023: 5.35Hong Kong Championship 2023: 5.18Chongqing Open 2023: 5.93Hefei Winter Open 2023: 5.41Hangzhou Spring 2024: 5.47Luoyang Spring 2024: 4.86Xuzhou Open 2024: 4.74Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 4.88Kunshan Open 2024: 5.52Zibo Open 2024: 5.13Guiyang Open 2024: 4.71Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 5.26Chengdu Summer 2024: 5.02Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 4.56Xi'an Open 2024: 4.11Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 5.29Dalian Open 2024: 5.33Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 5.24Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 4.79Hangzhou Open 2024: 5.11Yancheng Open 2024: 5.30Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 4.52Luoyang Spring 2025: 4.09Linhai Newcomers 2025: 4.67Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 4.24Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 4.43Shenyang Spring 2025: 4.45Beijing Summer 2025: 4.28Lishui Open 2025: 4.32Yancheng Open 2025: 4.99Zhuhai Open 2025: 4.57Warm Up Seattle 2025: 4.43Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 4.33Taizhou Open 2025: 4.20Zibo Open 2025: 4.42Vietnam Championship 2025: 4.08Jiangmen Open 2025: 4.79Ningbo Autumn 2025: 5.08Kedah Cube Open 2025: 4.71PHS Johor Cube Open 2025: 4.51Hefei Open 2025: 4.48Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 4.47Xuzhou Open 2025: 4.67Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 4.65Hangzhou Winter 2025: 3.24Beijing Winter 2026: 4.25Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 4.50Singapore Championship 2026: 4.64Xianju NxN 2026: 4.48Beijing Spring Open 2026: 4.41Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 4.47Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 4.37Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 4.21Deqing Small & Special 2026: 3.74Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 4.31Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 4.34Hangzhou Open 2026: 4.28Bali Discovery Speedcubing Master 2026: 4.83Weihai Open 2026: 4.91Nanchang Summer 2026: 4.74Jiajiang Open 2026: 4.15Zhanjiang Open 2026: 4.57Vietnam Championship 2026: 4.29Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 4.43Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 3.983.245.939 Sep 202329 Aug 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 3×3 single — 3 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as she improves.