People · China
Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥)
2×2 · top 0.065% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ZHAQ04
Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.64, set at Nanning Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.065% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in China. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since October 2017, he has put 978 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.86 in October 2017 to 5.30, a 46% improvement. Qiyu has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.64 | 1.17 | top 0.065% | 11 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 21.68 | 25.43 | top 0.16% | 19 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 5.30 | 6.27 | top 0.19% | 76 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.04 | 9.97 | top 0.21% | 17 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.60 | 2.35 | top 0.55% | 55 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 48.49 | 52.88 | top 1.4% | 55 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 9.83 | 11.34 | top 5.8% | 76 / 1,362 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018Six personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Spring 2018.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests 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 his.
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 67 times
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.