People · China
Qiyu Zhang (张淇隩)
2×2 · top 0.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018ZHAQ04
Qiyu Zhang (张淇隩) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.68, set at Changsha Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 0.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in China. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2018, he has put 534 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.99 in October 2018 to 0.68, a 92% improvement. Qiyu has entered 20 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 | 0.68 | 1.98 | top 0.1% | 13 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 5.96 | 9.34 | top 0.46% | 177 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.45 | 6.41 | top 10.0% | 1,179 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.14 | 21.01 | top 12.9% | 1,282 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 4.97 | 8.20 | top 17.9% | 1,111 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 47.58 | 57.16 | top 21.6% | 2,323 / 5,926 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Jan 2021Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Good Morning 2021.
- 23 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ezhou Open 2019.
- 26 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Changsha Autumn 2019.
- 13 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Wuhan Autumn 2019.
- 22 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xinxiang Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 13.17 at Hefei Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Wuhan Open 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021 · 28 Feb 2021
- Chengdu New Year Morning 2021 · 3 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Good Morning 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ezhou Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Autumn 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Xinxiang Open 2019 · 22 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.